CVE-2010-0249

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."

• CWE-416
• CWE-416

• 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

Published

Jan 15, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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