VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-3962
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability96.83%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2010-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Internet Explorer
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences and the clip attribute, aka an "invalid flag reference" issue or "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in November 2010.
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Not Applicable
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory