$ cve CVE-2010-0806 JSON

CVE-2010-0806 KEV EXPLOIT

8.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 82.2% (pctl 100)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-06-03.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Peer Objects component (aka iepeers.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to an invalid pointer after the deletion of an object, as exploited in the wild in March 2010, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Scoring

CVSS	8.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	82.17% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-399
On CISA KEV	yes — remediate by 2026-06-03
Public exploit	yes
Published	2010-03-10
Last modified	2026-06-16

CISA KEV

Name	Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Added	2026-05-20
Due	2026-06-03
Vendor / product	Microsoft / Internet Explorer
Ransomware use	none reported

Affected (7)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	internet explorer
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows 7
microsoft	windows server 2003
microsoft	windows server 2008
microsoft	windows vista
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer - DHTML Behaviour Use-After-Free (MS10-018) (Metasploit)	2010-12-14
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'iepeers.dll' Use-After-Free (Metasploit)	2010-03-10

References

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