CVE-2008-2257

KRITISCH 9.3CVE-2008-2257 · Published 13/08/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5.01= 6= 7`	No fix yet

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.

References

marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/31375 · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/30613
securitytracker.com/id
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html · US Government Resource
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 · Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266

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