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CVE-2011-2001

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 43.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attempted access to a virtual function table after corruption of this table has occurred, aka "Virtual Function Table Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7, 8, 9

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49966
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-081
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12223
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49966
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-081
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12223

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