CVE-2008-1442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2008-06-12

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 62.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*

No data.

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.62851.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30575
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-06-12T01:30:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.284Z

Reserved: 2008-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1442

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-06-12T02:32:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1442

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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