HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control (dxtmsft.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, aka "Argument Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Feb 12, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 29.06%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control (dxtmsft.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, aka "Argument Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- 5.01
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 7
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
29.06% 0.29062
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.29062
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.06% (0.29062) | 98.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.06% (0.29062) | 97.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 51.55% (0.51546) | 97.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 60.26% (0.60258) | 97.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 51.55% (0.51546) | 97.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 94.27% (0.94267) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 93.08% (0.93082) | 99.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 90.55% (0.90545) | 98.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 88.17% (0.88167) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 24, 2024 | 88.06% (0.88059) | 98.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 85.75% (0.85748) | 98.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 80.28% (0.80285) | 98.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 78.61% (0.78610) | 98.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 77.47% (0.77469) | 98.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 9, 2023 | 82.17% (0.82170) | 98.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 83.17% (0.83165) | 98.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | 90.57% (0.90569) | 98.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 90.40% (0.90404) | 98.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 91.93% (0.91927) | 98.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28903 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27689 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019381 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-010 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4904 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28903 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27689 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019381 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-010 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4904 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Feb 12, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0078
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a