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    CVE-2010-3971

    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."

    Published:Dec 22, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 22, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.856
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708https://github.com/nektra/CVE-2010-3971-hotpatchhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16533

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High