CVE-2011-0346
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote…
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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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.0% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- ADV-2011-0026 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA11-102A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2011/01/announcing-crossfuzz-potential-0-day-in.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ms-ie-releaseinterface-code-execution(64482) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 45639 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS11-018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20110101 Announcing cross_fuzz, a potential 0-day in circulation, and more (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20110101 Announcing cross_fuzz, a potential 0-day in circulation, and more (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/known_vuln.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1024940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/msie_crash.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#427980 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/fuzzer_timeline.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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