CVE-2010-1262

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and SP2, 7, and 8 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, related to the CStyleSheet object and a free of the root container, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8, 6-sp1, 6, 7

References

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511727/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40417
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-102/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7406
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511727/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40417
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-102/

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