CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1266

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Jun 16, 2011 | Modified: Feb 28, 2022
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in vgx.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 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, aka VML Memory Corruption Vulnerability.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Internet_explorer Microsoft 6 (including) 6 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References