# CVE-2010-1118: Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vector

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-03-25 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11003801960
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57197
- http://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html

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