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CVE-2010-0249

high · 8.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Added 2026-05-20Remediation due 2026-06-03

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."

8.8
CVSS
91.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2010-01-15
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer5.0.1
microsoftinternet_explorer6
microsoftwindows_2000all versions
microsoftinternet_explorer6
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftinternet_explorer7.0
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftinternet_explorer8
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2003all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions
microsoftwindows_xpall versions

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References

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