CVE-2008-4260
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Remote Code Execution via Uninitialized Memory Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access a deleted object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
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, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5903
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
Scores
EPSS
0.1938
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
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