Description
The CTimeoutEventList::InsertIntoTimeoutList function in Microsoft mshtml.dll uses a certain pointer value as part of producing Timer ID values for the setTimeout and setInterval methods in VBScript and JScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the heap memory addresses used by an application, as demonstrated by the Internet Explorer 8 application.
Published: 2010-10-08
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 14.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:12.155Z

Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3886

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-08T22:00:36.707

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

Link: CVE-2010-3886

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