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CVE-2011-1246

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle content settings in HTTP responses, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted response, aka "MIME Sniffing Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12464
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12464

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