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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspxBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.htmlBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/61697Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835Broken Link
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspxBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.htmlBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/61697Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0249US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Jan 15, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: May 20, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed