CVE-2010-3962
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.968 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSadded 2025-10-06remediate by 2025-10-27
required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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.
cvss
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ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (4)
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- EDB-15418Microsoft Internet Explorer - Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-15421Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 - Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (29)
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- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/11/02/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2458511.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42091enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15418enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15421enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/899748enisa_euvd
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2458511.mspxenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44536enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024676enisa_euvd
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