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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399 CWE-416

Affected software

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

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/09/security-advisory-981374-released.aspxBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/62810Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38860Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549Patch, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38615Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0567Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8446Broken Link
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/09/security-advisory-981374-released.aspxBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/62810Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38860Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549Patch, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38615Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0567Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56772Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8446Broken Link
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0806US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Mar 10, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: May 20, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed