CVE-2010-3971: Use After Free
First published: Wed Dec 22 2010(Updated: )
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Internet Explorer | =8 | |
| Internet Explorer | =7 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
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- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
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