CVE-2008-2257

N/A Unknown
Published: August 13, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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