A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused due to a memory corruption error in the Microsoft HTML Viewer (mshtml.dll) when retrieving certain CSS/STYLE objects via the "getElementsByTagName()" method, which could allow attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.
VUPEN has confirmed the vulnerability on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 7 and 6.
Credits Vulnerability reported by K4mr4n_st of securitylab.
ChangeLog 2009-11-21 : Initial release
2009-11-23 : Microsoft Security Advisory (977981) Available
2009-12-08 : Updated Solution Vulnerability Management
Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time alerts with CVE, CWE, and CVSS when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.
Feedback If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form.
