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Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption Variant Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to an unspecified memory-corruption vulnerability.

An attacker could exploit this issue via a malicious web page to potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely crash the affected application.

This issue is reportedly a variant of BID 17658 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption Vulnerability). Further details are currently unavailable. This BID will be updated as more information is disclosed.