CVE-2008-1086

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.5% 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

The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01-sp4, 6-sp1
Microsoft Windows-Nt: 2008
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=680
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29714
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28606
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019800
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41464
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5475
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=680
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2

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