CVE-2010-0249

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
90.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: January 15, 2010 (5963 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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."

CWE

CWE-416

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 news.cnet.com 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 support.microsoft.com