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CVE-2010-0249

CVE information

Published

13 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
9.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-

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