CVE-2010-3331

Published Oct 13, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory in certain circumstances involving use of Microsoft Word to read Word documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.3
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Configurations