CVE-2010-3331 Information

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory in certain circumstances involving use of Microsoft Word to read Word documents which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted leading to memory corruption aka \Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability.\

Reference

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113324 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-071 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6832