Detections
Analytics
CVE-2010-0249
high
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."
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-exploited-undefend-and-redsun-defender-zero-days/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/microsoft-warns-of-two-actively.html
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0249
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx