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CVE-2010-0249

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.91885
Risk score
57.16
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2010-01-15
Modified
2026-05-21
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2010-0280, GHSA-X2MP-6FMQ-52QW
Products
Microsoft:Internet Explorer, n/a:n/a n/a
Sources
cisa.gov CVE-2010-0249
euvd EUVD-2010-0280

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object, related to incorrectly initialized memory and improper handling of objects in memory, as exploited in the wild in December 2009 and January 2010 during Operation Aurora, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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