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CVE-2008-1442
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High9.3EPSS 38.8%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
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."
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)
- 38.8% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (5 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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- affected n/a
References (11)
- MS08-031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1778 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 3934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1020225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA08-162B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5720 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- HPSBST02344 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 29556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080610 ZDI-08-039: Microsoft Internet Explorer DOM Ojbect substringData() Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30575 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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