CVE-2008-2257

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," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 67.87% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2257?
CVE-2008-2257 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2257?
To fix CVE-2008-2257, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2257 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2257 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~68% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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