CVE-2010-3886 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The CTimeoutEventList::InsertIntoTimeoutList function in Microsoft mshtml.dll uses a certain pointer value as part of producing Timer ID values for the setTimeout and setInterval methods in VBScript and JScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the heap memory addresses used by an application, as demonstrated by the Internet Explorer 8 application.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 16.5% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-10-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft - 'MSHTML.dll' CTIMEOUTEVENTLIST::INSERTINTOTIMEOUTLIST Memory Leak | 2010-07-09 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-06/0259.html
- http://twitter.com/WisecWisec/statuses/17254776077
- http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2010/20100630
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11606
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-06/0259.html
- http://twitter.com/WisecWisec/statuses/17254776077
- http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2010/20100630
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11606
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