CVE-2010-3886 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive heap memory addresses via VBScript or JScript in Internet Explorer, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-3886?
CVE-2010-3886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 8 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3886?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3886?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3886 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-3886 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3886 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5jhw-qp9v-79q5.