Microsoft Internet Explorer IMJPCKSI COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability when instantiating certain COM objects.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application. This facilitates the remote compromise of affected computers.

Internet Explorer 7 on Microsoft Vista is not affected by this issue; Internet Explorer 7 on other Windows versions is affected only if COM objects have been enabled by the ActiveX opt-in feature.

This BID is similar to the one described in BID 15827 (Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability), but it affects a different set of COM objects.


 

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