CVE-2010-0806: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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,...
CVE-2010-0806CVSS 8.8CISA KEVWindows

CVE-2010-0806: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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,...

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
99.62%
Known exploited
yes
Product
Internet Explorer

What is known

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."

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