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CVE-2008-2255
published 2008-08-13

CVE-2008-2255: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute…

PriorityP343critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
29.06%
97.9th percentile
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2254, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
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