CVE-2008-2257
published 2008-08-13CVE-2008-2257: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
PriorityP345critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
35.22%
98.2th percentile
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," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | — | — |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | — | — |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | — | — |
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GHSA
GHSA-vf3x-2x5j-w472: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2258 [CRITICAL] GHSA-vf3x-2x5j-w472: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
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.
GHSA
GHSA-2c69-52h7-cm65: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2257 [CRITICAL] GHSA-2c69-52h7-cm65: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
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," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/31375http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/31375http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266
2008-08-13
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