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CVE-2008-1085
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High9.3EPSS 31.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.9% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- TA08-099A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- SSRT080048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS08-024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1019801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080414 Secunia Research: Internet Explorer Data Stream HandlingVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27707 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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