CVE-2008-2259

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not perform proper "argument validation" during print preview, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Component Handling Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 6-sp1, 6-sp2, 7

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30612
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5913
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30612
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674

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