CVE-2008-3475

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-908

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."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01-sp4, 6-sp1, 6, 7.0

References

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

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