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CVE-2008-0078 (GCVE-0-2008-0078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-12 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control (dxtmsft.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, aka "Argument Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019381 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://secunia.com/advisories/28903 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-12 00:00
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