5.0med
CVE-2008-48001 exploit
The DebugDiag ActiveX control in CrashHangExt.dll, possibly 1.0, in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool allows remote attackers to cause a deni…
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
25.8%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
The DebugDiag ActiveX control in CrashHangExt.dll, possibly 1.0, in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Internet Explorer 6.0 crash) via a large negative integer argument to the GetEntryPointForThread method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
25.78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-32550 Microsoft DebugDiag 1.0 - 'CrashHangExt.dll' ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2008-10-30
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/31996 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/497943/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/46309 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- securityreason.com /securityalert/4532 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-4800
- NVD: CVE-2008-4800
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