CVE-2010-0806
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · CWE-399 · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2026-05-20. US federal agencies must patch by 2026-06-03.
Summary
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."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)82%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549Patch
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspxPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38860Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/09/security-advisory-981374-released.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/62810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38615
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html