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Go to dashboardMicrosoft Internet Explorer has a use-after-free bug that lets a crafted web page make it access a deleted object. An attacker who lures a user to that page can run code on the victim's machine.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | vendor | – | – |
Unknown from the sources.
Apply the Microsoft updates for Internet Explorer per vendor instructions, as CISA requires; the specific patch or version is unknown from the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.
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