CVE - CVE-2008-2258

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2258	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order" with "particular functions ... performed on" document objects, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2257.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:30610 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30610 BUGTRAQ:20080812 ZDI-08-051: Microsoft Internet Explorer Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495431/100/0/threaded CERT:TA08-225A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html HP:HPSBST02360 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 HP:SSRT080117 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-051/ MS:MS08-045 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6025 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6025 SECTRACK:1020674 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 SECUNIA:31375 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2349 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20080516	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080516)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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