CVE-2008-4261

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.7% 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

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761
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%3A5829
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761
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%3A5829

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