CVE-2015-6184 (GCVE-0-2015-6184)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The CAttrArray object implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and memory corruption) via a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence in conjunction with modifications to HTML elements, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6048 and CVE-2015-6049.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/… | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
Date Public
2016-01-27 00:00
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