CVE-2010-0249

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-20. Federal remediation due 2026-06-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

91.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-01-15 17:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-21 03:55Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2010-01-07

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e2d6639548cbdd99bda72414a9f3c89eabdd84c6d3967b0b192b7b8e99ba763d

• www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6835https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• osvdb.org61697http://osvdb.org/61697vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• www.securityfocus.com37815http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#492515http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.exploit-db.com11167http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• support.microsoft.com979352http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-freed-object-code-execution(55642)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.us-cert.govTA10-055Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• docs.microsoft.comMS10-002https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• news.cnet.comhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• securitytracker.com1023462http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.vupen.comADV-2010-0135http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0249government-resource