CVE-2010-2557 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting improper handling of objects in memory, specifically when an object is uninitialized or deleted. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high risk score, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.