CVE-2010-0249
CWE-416
97.7
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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."
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 91.93%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since May 2026
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Published
- 15 Jan 2010
- Last modified 21 May 2026
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Data as of 8 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time