Microsoft Research & Defense: New vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 8 users
quote:In this particular vulnerability, IE attempts to reference and use an object that had previously been freed. The components of an exploit for such a vulnerability are typically the following: • Javascript to trigger the Internet Explorer vulnerability • Heap spray or similar memory preparation to ensure the memory being accessed after it has been freed is useful • A way around the ASLR platform-level mitigation • A way around the DEP platform-level mitigation
Internet Explorer 9 or 10 do not include the vulnerable code. And the IE team is working around the clock to develop a security update to address this vulnerability for earlier versions of the product. ...read full article
quote:Another alternative - one likely to have less impact on your browsing experience - is to install EMET and enable it to protect Internet Explorer.
Already doing that -- Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow!
quote:Another alternative - one likely to have less impact on your browsing experience - is to install EMET and enable it to protect Internet Explorer.
Just started yesterday too. -- Remember that cool hidden "Graffiti Wall" here on BBR? After the name change I became the "owner", so to speak as it became: Dustyn's Wall »[Serious] RIP
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