CVE-2010-1127
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not initialize certain data structures during execution of the createElement method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted…
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Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not initialize certain data structures during execution of the createElement method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by setting the (1) outerHTML or (2) value property of an object returned by createElement.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 18.27% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-01/0237.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-01/0278.html
- http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/7731Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-01/0237.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-01/0278.html
- http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/7731Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.