A patch will be made available next month even though the flaw is currently being exploited in the wild
Following the reveal of a major security flaw in Internet Explorer that is currently being exploited by hackers, Microsoft has confirmed its existence though the software giant has no immediate plans to release a patch to fix it.
The security flaw in the company's legacy browser was first disclosed by a division of Homeland Security called US-CERT, that reports on major security flaws, in a tweet which contained a link to a security advisory concerning the bug. According to the advisory, the vulnerability has already been “detected in exploits in the wild”.
All supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7 which will no longer receive security updates, are affected by the flaw according to Microsoft.
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The vulnerability concerns how Internet Explorer handles memory and an attacker could leverage the flaw to remotely run malicious code on an affected computer. It also bears a striking resemblance to a similar vulnerability that was recently disclosed by Mozilla.
Source: https://www.techradar.com/nz/news/internet-explorer-has-a-major-security-flaw-but-microsoft-cant-patch-it-yet
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