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CVE-2008-4261in critical feed

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 pr…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
29.7%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
0
none known

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."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

29.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3385 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • labs.idefense.com /intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_IDEFENSE, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021371 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5829 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • us-cert.gov /cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred

Sources

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