CVE-2008-4259
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 33%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-399
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
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