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Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (982381)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-035.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws are due to: - An error in the way the browser handles content using specific strings when sanitizing HTML via the 'toStaticHTML' API. - An uninitialized memory error when processing certain HTML data, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page. - Caching data and incorrectly allowing the cached content to be rendered as HTML, which could allow attackers to bypass domain restrictions.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.