Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Internet Explorer
- Added to KEV
- May 20, 2026
- Remediation due
- Jun 3, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- EPSS
- 91.9% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References