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CVE-2008-3475 Detail

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Mailing List 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809 Broken Link 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3475
NVD Published Date:
10/14/2008
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
Microsoft Corporation