CVE-2008-4259 (GCVE-0-2008-4259)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-10 13:33
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
secure@microsoft.com http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385 Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
secure@microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
secure@microsoft.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
Impacted products
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