CVE•Published 2010-01-15•Modified 2026-05-21•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2010-0249Microsoft · Internet_explorer

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

100

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416Use After Free

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."

Timeline

Published 2010-01-15

Modified 2026-05-21

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag915 hosts

vuln:CVE-2010-0249

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Microsoft Internet Explorer" version:"5.0.1"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Internet Explorer"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Internet Explorer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2010-0249