Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3971
CVE-2010-3971
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 6-8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Dec/110nvdExploit
- www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/nvdExploit
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15708nvdExploit
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15746nvdExploit
- www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/42510nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3156nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/634956nvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspxnvd
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294nvd
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspxnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45246nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12382nvd
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