CVE-2011-1257

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8

Description A race condition exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object, potentially leading to memory corruption. This issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability can corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.