CVE-2011-1255
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—💥 Exploit
The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (aka HTML+TIME) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Time Element Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 42%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Internet Explorer - Time Element Memory Corruption (MS11-050) (8/16/2012)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-908
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/14/ms11-050-ie9-is-better.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/72947
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12227
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/14/ms11-050-ie9-is-better.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/72947
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12227
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