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CVE-2008-1086
The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1…
High9.3EPSS 30.5%
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- microsoft
Description
The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.
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)
- 30.5% · top 1.8% 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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019800 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ie-hxvz-code-execution(41464) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080408 Microsoft HxTocCtrl ActiveX Control Invalid Param Heap Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1147 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS08-023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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