VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1962

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability13.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-08-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references