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medium 5.0

CVE-2010-1127 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not initialize certain data structures during execution of the createElement method, which allows…

published 2010-03-26 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-1158

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.6%
EPSS 18.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not initialize certain data structures during execution of the createElement method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by setting the (1) outerHTML or (2) value property of an object returned by createElement.

Exploit prediction

18.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-01/0237.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/7731 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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