CVE-2008-2258 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vector...
HighCVSS 9.3
EPSS 35.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order" with "particular functions ... performed on" document objects, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2257.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.01 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 6 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 6-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 6-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 7 | No fix listed |
References
- HPSBST02360 vendor-advisory
- 31375 patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 20080812 ZDI-08-051: Microsoft Internet Explorer Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability mailing-list
- 30610 vdb-entry
- 1020674 vdb-entry
- TA08-225A third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- ADV-2008-2349 vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com
- MS08-045 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6025 signature vdb-entry