CVE-2011-1266

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
35.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: June 16, 2011 (5446 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in vgx.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "VML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-908

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org