FKIE_CVE-2010-3962
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-11-05 17:00 - Updated: 2025-10-22 01:15
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Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences and the clip attribute, aka an "invalid flag reference" issue or "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in November 2010.
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Impacted products
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