CVE-2010-1117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

Published: 2010-03-25

Score: 7.6 High

EPSS: 39.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8.0.6001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.39228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11003801960
http://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57196

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows 7

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2010-03-25T20:31:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T01:14:06.311Z

Reserved: 2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-1117

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-03-25T21:00:01.000

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-1117

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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