PT-2011-2995 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Lostmon Lords · Published 2011-08-10 · Updated 2022-02-28 · CVE-2011-1257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8

Description A race condition exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object, potentially leading to memory corruption. This issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability can corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1257

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1257 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1257 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-057 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12787 · Note