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ID CVE-2008-2257
Summary 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
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 9.3 (as of 23-07-2021 - 15:04)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
oval via4
accepted 2014-08-18T04:05:56.653-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Sudhir Gandhe
    organization Secure Elements, Inc.
  • name Pooja Shetty
    organization SecPod Technologies
  • name Maria Mikhno
    organization ALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
  • comment Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:85
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:563
  • comment Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:85
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:325
  • comment Microsoft Windows XP is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:105
  • comment Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1353
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:627
  • comment Microsoft Windows XP is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:105
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1870
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:730
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:396
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:563
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1870
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:396
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:730
  • comment Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15247
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:563
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1870
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:730
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:396
  • comment Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15247
  • comment Microsoft Windows Vista is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:228
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:627
  • comment Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:627
  • comment Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1282
  • comment Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2041
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4870
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5356
  • comment Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (ia-64) is installed
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5667
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.
family windows
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5266
status accepted
submitted 2008-08-13T09:28:00
title HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability
version 77
refmap via4
bid 30613
bugtraq 20080812 ZDI-08-050: Microsoft Internet Explorer XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability
cert TA08-225A
hp
  • HPSBST02360
  • SSRT080117
misc http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/
sectrack 1020674
secunia 31375
vupen ADV-2008-2349
Last major update 23-07-2021 - 15:04
Published 13-08-2008 - 12:42
Last modified 23-07-2021 - 15:04
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