First published: Wed Mar 09 2016(Updated: )
The CAttrArray object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and memory corruption) via a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with modifications to HTML elements, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6048 and CVE-2015-6049.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Internet Explorer | =7 | |
Internet Explorer | =8 | |
Internet Explorer | =9 | |
Internet Explorer | =10 | |
Internet Explorer | =11 | |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
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CVE-2015-6184 has a critical severity rating due to its potential to allow remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2015-6184, it is essential to apply the security updates released by Microsoft for Internet Explorer.
CVE-2015-6184 affects Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.
CVE-2015-6184 can be exploited for arbitrary code execution and denial of service due to memory corruption.
CVE-2015-6184 does not affect Windows 10 when used with the most recent version of Internet Explorer.