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CVE-2008-4261

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published

2008-12-10T14:00:01.067

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.01 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 7 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
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