CVE-2010-2560

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 - Remote Code Execution via Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "HTML Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-053

Scores

EPSS 0.2423
EPSS Percentile 97.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
microsoft/internet_explorer 8
Published Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026