CVE-2008-4259

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01-sp4, 6, 6-sp1, 7

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385

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