CVE-2010-3971

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."

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

81.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2010-12-22

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708
• nektra/CVE-2010-3971-hotpatch2★ · 2013-08-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms11_003_ie_css_…

ExploitDB entries (3)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16533
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42510
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry