Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 MSHTML.DLL ReleaseInterface resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8. This impacts the function ReleaseInterface in the library MSHTML.DLL. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-0346. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ReleaseInterface in the library MSHTML.DLL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the DOM implementation and the BreakAASpecial and BreakCircularMemoryReferences functions, as demonstrated by cross_fuzz, aka "MSHTML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was presented 01/07/2011 as MS11-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0346. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1038 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53375 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100099 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS11-018)).

Applying the patch MS11-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64482), Tenable (53375), SecurityFocus (BID 45639†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024940†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28942†). See VDB-4340, VDB-56785, VDB-56784 and VDB-57087 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 53375
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OpenVAS ID: 801830
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer ReleaseInterface() Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Patch: MS11-018
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-018
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-0346 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0346
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55988

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X-Force: 64482
SecurityFocus: 45639
SecurityTracker: 1024940
Vulnerability Center: 28942 - [MS11-018] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 01/26/2025 10:37
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (48), 04/07/2017 12:10 (20), 10/11/2021 10:04 (2), 10/11/2021 10:09 (7), 10/11/2021 10:15 (1), 10/21/2024 22:14 (26), 01/26/2025 10:37 (2)
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