CVE-2008-0078

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control (dxtmsft.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, aka "Argument Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Activex: all versions
Microsoft Ie: 5.01-windows_2000_sp4, 6-windows_server_2003_sp1, 6-windows_server_2003_sp1_itanium, 6-windows_xp_sp2, 7-windows_server_2003_sp1, 7-windows_xp_sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28903
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27689
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019381
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-010
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4904
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28903
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27689
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019381

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