Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1255
CVE-2011-1255
Description
The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (aka HTML+TIME) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Time Element Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6-8
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References
4- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/14/ms11-050-ie9-is-better.aspxnvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/72947nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12227nvdTool Signature
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