CVE-2008-4261

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1, 6 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted HTML Tags

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5829
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2971
EPSS Percentile 98.0%

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