CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2256
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not properly handle objects that have been incorrectly initialized or deleted, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.01
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30611 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5366 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30611 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5366 oval.cisecurity.org