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CVE-2008-4800

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 25.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The DebugDiag ActiveX control in CrashHangExt.dll, possibly 1.0, in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Internet Explorer 6.0 crash) via a large negative integer argument to the GetEntryPointForThread method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings.

Affected products

• Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool: all versions

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4532
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31996
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46309
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4532
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31996
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46309

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