CVE-2008-2257
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 7 - Remote Code Execution via XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266
Scores
EPSS
0.3522
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.01
microsoft/internet_explorer
6 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
Published
Aug 13, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026