9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2010-3971
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 22, 2010, 9 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2010-3971 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-3971 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft internet_explorer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2010-3971.

URL Resource
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42510 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/ Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746 Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885 Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42510 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/ Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746 Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885 Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-3971 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-3971 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
    Added Reference http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
    Added Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
    Added Reference http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-003.mspx [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12382 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-3971 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-3971 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.39 }} 0.06%

score

0.99963

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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