Pointer leakage vulnerability in Internet ExplorerID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11606 | Date: (C)2010-10-28 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The CTimeoutEventList::InsertIntoTimeoutList function in Microsoft mshtml.dll uses a certain pointer value as part of producing Timer ID values for the setTimeout and setInterval methods in VBScript and JScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the heap memory addresses used by an application, as demonstrated by the Internet Explorer 8 application.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Product: |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 |