VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-0806
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability82.24%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2010-03-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Internet Explorer
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Peer Objects component (aka iepeers.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to an invalid pointer after the deletion of an object, as exploited in the wild in March 2010, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry