CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 31.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Original NVD Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the DOM implementation and the BreakAASpecial and BreakCircularMemoryReferences functions, as demonstrated by cross_fuzz, aka "MSHTML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."