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CVE-2010-0249

Published: Jan 15, 2010

Modified: May 21, 2026

PUBLISHED

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."

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References

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6835
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
61697
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
37815
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
VU#492515
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
11167
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
979352
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MSKB
TA10-055A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
MS10-002
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
1023462
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
ADV-2010-0135
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN

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