Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory in certain circumstances involving use of Microsoft Word to read Word documents, 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 "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-071
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6832
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113324
Scores
EPSS
0.2542
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
microsoft/internet_explorer
8
Published
Oct 13, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026