Internet Explorer 8 and 9 Memory Corruption RCE
CVE-2015-0050 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9. According to the provided content, the flaw can be triggered when a user visits a specially crafted web page in a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer. Microsoft classifies it as an Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability and indicates that exploitation may result in arbitrary code execution or denial of service. The issue is distinct from CVE-2014-8967 and CVE-2015-0044. The associated February 2015 Internet Explorer cumulative update addresses this class of issue by changing how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory.
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A memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution if a user views specially crafted web content.
A memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage.
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