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CVE-2010-1117

HIGH CVSS: 7.6 Published: 2010-03-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 7Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References