Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."
Published Aug 10, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.28%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6
Running on/with
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Configuration 2
- 7
Running on/with
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Configuration 3
- 8
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
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- r2
- r2
- n/a
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Configuration 4
- 9
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- r2
- r2
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.28% (0.13284) | 96.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.28% (0.13284) | 95.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 15.87% (0.15866) | 94.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 17.53% (0.17533) | 94.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.86% (0.25857) | 93.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 17.53% (0.17533) | 94.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 75.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 73.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 68.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 66.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 68.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00527) | 73.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 76.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 25.80% (0.25802) | 97.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 25.80% (0.25802) | 95.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12657 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALTool Signature
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12657 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALTool Signature |
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