CVE-2010-3886

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3886
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-10-08 22:00:36 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Security Webinars, Podcasts, Success Stories, White Papers, and Datasheets | eEye Digital Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eeye.com Not Applicable
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-06/0259.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Exploit
Stefano Di Paola on Twitter: "setTimeout(alert,0 ) mem leak on FF ?" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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