{"cve":"CVE-2010-0249","nvd":{"published":"2010-01-15T17:30:00.533","modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:47.577","status":"Analyzed","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx","http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html","http://osvdb.org/61697","http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462","http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-0249","score":0.91939,"percentile":0.99818,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2010-0249","date_added":"2026-05-20","due_date":"2026-06-03","vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Internet Explorer","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}