Home / vulnerabilities Microsoft Internet Explorer X-UA-COMPATIBLE Use-After-Free
Posted on 22 October 2011
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VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is caused by a use-after-free error in the "mshtml.dll" component when processing the "X-UA-COMPATIBLE" keyword of a "META" tag, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted web page.