CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1257
7.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving access to an object, aka "Window Open Race Condition Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 7
• microsoft internet explorer 8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12787 Tool Signature
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12787 Tool Signature