CVE-2010-3971
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-3971 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | microsoft |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-12-22 21:00:17 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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." |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Microsoft | Internet Explorer | 7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Microsoft | Internet Explorer | 8 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| When A DoS Isn't A DoS | BreakingPoint | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.breakingpointsystems.com | Exploit |
| Internet Explorer CSS Import Rule Processing Use-After-Free Vulnerability - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| ASA-2011-024 (2482017) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Assessing the risk of public issues currently being tracked by the MSRC - Security Research & Defense - Site Home - TechNet Blogs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | blogs.technet.com | |
| Internet Explorer 8 CSS Parser Denial of Service | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | Exploit |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Parsing Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-003 - Critical | Microsoft Docs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | docs.microsoft.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Full Disclosure: IE CSS parser dos bug | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Exploit |
| Internet Explorer 8 CSS Parser Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | Exploit |
| Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.microsoft.com | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer Recursive CSS Import Memory Corruption Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#634956 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| IE8 CSS解析拒绝服务漏洞 | WooYun-2010-00885 | WooYun.org | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.wooyun.org | Exploit |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.