FKIE_CVE-2008-4259

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-10 14:00 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft internet_explorer 6
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft internet_explorer 6
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft internet_explorer 7
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
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