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CVE-2010-1261

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1261 describes an uninitialized memory corruption vulnerability in the IE8 Developer Toolbar affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 SP1, SP2, and SP3, as well as several Windows operating systems. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating improperly initialized or deleted objects. While the EPSS score indicates a higher than average exploit probability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2492 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 65214
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7124
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100089747
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
US Government Resource