CVE-2010-1117
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
- Record
CVE-2010-1117- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 High
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
- Record
CVE-2010-1117- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1148 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
- Record
EUVD-2010-1148- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q2jw-4pf6-6hm6 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to discover the base address of a Windows .dll file, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
- Record
GHSA-q2jw-4pf6-6hm6- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-1117 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published March 25, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11003801960
vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57196
news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1117
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2jw-4pf6-6hm6