CVE-2010-3962
high · 8.1Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2025-10-06Remediation due 2025-10-27
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.
8.1
CVSS
96.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2010-11-05
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 |
| microsoft | windows_7 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/11/02/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2458511.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42091
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15418
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15421
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/899748
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2458511.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024676
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/new-ie-0-day-used-targeted-attacks
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2880
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62962
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12279
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/11/02/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2458511.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42091
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15418
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15421
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/899748
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2458511.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024676
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/new-ie-0-day-used-targeted-attacks
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2880
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2010-3962