CVE-2011-1962 — Improper Input Validation in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation2 documents2 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
15.9%
top 5.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedAug 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/internet_explorer4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-q748-5xg5-4jrx: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a↗2022-05-13
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