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Credit:
The information has been provided by Peter Vreugdenhil.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-002/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The flaw exists within the MSADO component. When handling the a user specified CacheSize property the process uses this value to calculate the 'real' cache size. This value is used without proper validation. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the browser.
Patch Availability:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS11-002.mspx
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-0027
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-03-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-01-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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