CVE-2010-1117

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
39.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: March 25, 2010 (5894 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 dvlabs.tippingpoint.com 🔗 news.cnet.com 🔗 twitter.com 🔗 vreugdenhilresearch.nl 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com