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CVE-2008-1442 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30575 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Broken Link 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1442
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation