CVE-2010-2559 describes an uninitialized memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical flaw affects various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Server 2003/2008. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it presents a severe risk, as an unauthenticated attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score and EPSS percentile, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.