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CVE-2008-4260

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.4% 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 a deleted object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5903
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5903

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