CVE-2008-2258

high

Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6025

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-051/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30610

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495431/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/31375

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-13

Updated: 2021-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High