Vulnerabilities / CVE-2010-0249

CVE-2010-0249

Published 2010-01-15 · published (not yet in NVD)

CVE-2010-0249

Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-20, with a fix-by date of 2026-06-03. Patch it first.

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

8.8 HIGH
CVSS 3.1 · CNA

92%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; in the top 1% of all CVEs)

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."

Scores

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCNA

Affected products

n/a n/a: n/a

14 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://osvdb.org/61697 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MSKB
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html · x_refsource_MISC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN

Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.

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