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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-0491

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing unspecified properties of an HTML object that has an onreadystatechange event handler, aka "HTML Object…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 29.3%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing unspecified properties of an HTML object that has an onreadystatechange event handler, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
29.28% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows xp · microsoft/windows 2000
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.