CVE-2008-2257
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-13 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:58
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
secure@microsoft.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
secure@microsoft.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31375Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31375Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
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