CVE-2008-4259

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."

Published: Dec 10, 2008
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2008-4259
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-399

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
microsoft / internet_explorer	5.01-sp4	5.01-sp4.x
microsoft / internet_explorer	6	6.x
microsoft / internet_explorer	6-sp1	6-sp1.x
microsoft / internet_explorer	7	7.x

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2008-4259