CVE-2010-3971

N/A Unknown
Published: December 22, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024922
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
81.7%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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