Product overview
Internet Explorer is tracked by BlackTree as an end-user software application. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.
Main capabilities
- User-facing application functions
- Local or managed application deployment
- Vendor-maintained feature and security updates
Typical use
Used by individuals or organizations for the product-specific tasks described by its publisher.
Deployment
Installed on supported endpoints or supplied through a vendor-managed service, depending on the edition.
This category-level context is generated from the registered product identity. Confirm exact product capabilities on the publisher's page ↗.
Collected lifecycle data
| Product | Internet Explorer |
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| Release | Lifecycle policy |
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| Start or release | Not extracted |
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| Lifecycle boundary | Continuous or not dated in the source |
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| Date precision | Unknown |
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Known exploited vulnerabilities
Catalogue updated 1 Oct 2026These are product-family matches in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. Confirm the affected product version in the vendor advisory.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to an invalid pointer after the deletion of an object. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an uninitialized memory corruption vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer Resource Management Errors Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial of service via a crafted website.
Microsoft · Internet ExplorerRansomware use: Unknown
CISA entry ↗Showing the 6 most recently added of 40 product-family matches.
Package vulnerability advisories
OSV advisories are matched through the registered package URL. A package-family match does not prove that the installed release is affected. Check the affected and fixed versions before remediation.
No package advisories have been linked for this product identity.
This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.
Source evidence
PRIMARYReady
Internet Explorer official lifecycle source
Windows Embedded operating systems | Is Internet Explorer 11 the last version of Internet Explorer? | Yes, Internet Explorer 11 is the last major version of Internet Explorer. The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application went out of support for certain operating systems starting June 15, 2022*. Customers are encouraged to move to Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer (IE) mode. IE mode provides built-in legacy browser support for sites requiring Internet Explorer. For supported operating systems, Internet Explorer 11 will continue receiving security updates and technical support for the lifecycle of the Windows version on which it is installed. See above for a list of supported operating systems for Internet Explorer by version. | *The retired, out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application has been permanently disabled on certain versions of Windows 10. Go here to learn more. | What if my enterprise line-of-business (LOB) application has a dependency on a version of Internet Explorer that reached end of support? | Microsoft is committed to supporting Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge through at least 2029, on supported operating systems. Additionally, Microsoft will provide a minimum of one year notice prior to end of support for IE mode. Windows support dates are documented on the Product Lifecycle page and may require an Extended Security Updates (ESU) license, if available, to receive operating system security updates beyond its End of Support date. | Feedback
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First collected 12 Sep 2026 · Last collected 21 Sep 2026 · Review state accepted
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