CVE-2008-4259

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Remote Code Execution via WebDAV Long Filename Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.3266
EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer 6 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026