CVE-2010-3886 Information

Description

The CTimeoutEventList::InsertIntoTimeoutList function in Microsoft mshtml.dll uses a certain pointer value as part of producing Timer ID values for the setTimeout and setInterval methods in VBScript and JScript which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the heap memory addresses used by an application as demonstrated by the Internet Explorer 8 application.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-06/0259.html http://twitter.com/WisecWisec/statuses/17254776077 http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2010/20100630 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11606