GHSA-mx8g-6g6q-2p9c

GHSA-mx8g-6g6q-2p9c PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 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, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the first of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011, aka "Object Management Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-mx8g-6g6q-2p9c
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-mx8g-6g6q-2p9c

Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:

curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-mx8g-6g6q-2p9c/fixes/registry"

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