CVE-2008-1085

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 31.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 5.01-windows_2000_sp4, 6-windows_server_2003_sp1, 6-windows_server_2003_sp1_itanium, 6-windows_xp_sp2, 7, 7-windows_server_2003_sp1 (+1)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/27707
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490840/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28552
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019801
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1148/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-024
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5563
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/27707

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