CVE-2011-0036

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 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, leading to memory corruption, related to a "dangling pointer," aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2556 and CVE-2011-0035.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7, 8

References

http://osvdb.org/70832
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46158
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025038
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0318
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-003
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64912
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12261
http://osvdb.org/70832
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46158
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025038

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