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CVE-2010-3971

Published: January 28, 2026
Last updated:16 hours ago (January 28, 2026)
Exploit: YesZero-day: YesPatch: YesTrend: Neutral
TL;DR
Updated January 28, 2026

CVE-2010-3971 is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 0.0. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.

Key Points
  • 1Low severity (CVSS 0.0/10)
  • 2EPSS: 86.00% - very high likelihood of exploitation
  • 3Public exploits are available
  • 4Vendor patches are available
  • 5Affects products from: Microsoft
Severity Scores
CVSS v30.0
CVSS v29.3
Priority Score0.0
EPSS Score86.0
None
Exploitation LikelihoodCritical
86.00%EPSS

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Immediate patching required
86.00%
EPSS
0.0
CVSS
Yes
Exploit
Yes
Patch
High Priority
high EPSS • exploit exists

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS v3 Breakdown
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Exploit References
Exploit-db.comExploit-db.comGitHub[email protected][email protected][email protected]
Patch References
[email protected][email protected]Zeroday CZZeroday CZ
Trend Analysis
Neutral
Vulnerable Products
VendorProduct
MicrosoftInternet Explorer
Advisories
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
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