Vulnerability details

CVE-2010-3962

Actively exploited
Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVSS 3.1
8.1High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.1High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
No product information recorded.

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2010-11-05
Last updated
2025-10-22
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
microsoft

CISA KEV catalog

Date added
2025-10-06
Due date
2025-10-27
Used in ransomware
Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

96.83%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
99.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
Active
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416
    Use After Free