Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the DOM implementation and the BreakAASpecial and BreakCircularMemoryReferences functions, as demonstrated by cross_fuzz, aka "MSHTML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
- ADV-2011-0026 vdb-entry
- TA11-102A third-party-advisory
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2011/01/announcing-crossfuzz-potential-0-day-in.html
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11882 vdb-entry signature
- ms-ie-releaseinterface-code-execution(64482) vdb-entry
- 45639 vdb-entry
- MS11-018 vendor-advisory
- 20110101 Announcing cross_fuzz, a potential 0-day in circulation, and more mailing-list
- 20110101 Announcing cross_fuzz, a potential 0-day in circulation, and more mailing-list
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/known_vuln.txt
- 1024940 vdb-entry
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/msie_crash.txt
- VU#427980 third-party-advisory
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/fuzzer_timeline.txt