HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-0346

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
31.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the DOM implementation and the BreakAASpecial and BreakCircularMemoryReferences functions, as demonstrated by cross_fuzz, aka "MSHTML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2011-01-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 31.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-0346

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-0346.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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