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CVE-2010-1118 (GCVE-0-2010-1118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-25 20:31 – Updated: 2024-08-07 01:14
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Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, possibly related to a use-after-free issue, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2010-03-24 00:00
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