CVE-2010-0492
Use-after-free vulnerability in mstime.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the TIME2 behavior, the CTimeAction object, and destruction of markup, leading to memory corruption, aka…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in mstime.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the TIME2 behavior, the CTimeAction object, and destruction of markup, leading to memory corruption, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 27.52% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 27.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510506/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39030Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-033
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7722
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510506/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39030Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-033
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7722
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.