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CVE-2010-1118

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, possibly related to a use-after-free issue, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11003801960
• http://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57197
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11003801960
• http://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57197

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