Microsoft Web Browser Security Bug Could Impact Millions of Users

Microsoft issued a security advisory on Saturday warning users of a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer web browser that could allow malicious "remote code execution."

The vulnerability affects all versions of the browser and, as of this writing, there is no patch available to fix the issue

Revealing the vulnerability on its website, Microsoft stated:

The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet ExplorerAn attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website. Read more...