CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0806
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to an invalid pointer after the deletion of an object. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-05-20
- Remediation due
- 2026-06-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securityadvisories/2010/981374 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0806
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2010-03-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399, CWE-416
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.01
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 8
• microsoft internet explorer 7
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/09/security-advisory-981374-released.aspx Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/62810 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38860 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549 Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38615 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0567 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56772 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8446 Broken Link
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/09/security-advisory-981374-released.aspx Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/62810 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38860 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549 Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38615 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0567 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56772 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8446 Broken Link
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0806 US Government Resource