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CVE-2010-0489

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Race Condition Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 6, 5.01-sp4, 6-sp1
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39026
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7774
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39026
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744

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