CVE-2010-2560
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 - Remote Code Execution via Memory Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
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
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11832
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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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