Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Parsing Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-3971
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004550
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004550 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Parsing Remote Code Execution

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • microsoft ie 7
  • microsoft ie 8