CVE-2010-3971
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
22/12/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
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."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922=
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922=
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382