CVE-2010-0806
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- 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.
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."
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 82% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-399, CWE-416
Affected products
microsoft: internet explorer; microsoft: windows 2000; microsoft: windows 7; microsoft: windows server 2003; microsoft: windows server 2008; microsoft: windows vista; microsoft: windows xp
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38860 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- 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/ms10-0… Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38860 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- 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/ms10-0… Vendor Advisory