HIGH
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Aug 13, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 29.28%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 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.
29.28% 0.29284
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.29284
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.28% (0.29284) | 98.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.28% (0.29284) | 97.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 55.72% (0.55715) | 97.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 67.89% (0.67892) | 98.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 55.72% (0.55715) | 97.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 82.76% (0.82760) | 98.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 76.68% (0.76683) | 98.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 79.35% (0.79348) | 98.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 83.11% (0.83109) | 98.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 88.63% (0.88630) | 98.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 90.43% (0.90432) | 98.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 94.52% (0.94517) | 99.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 94.51% (0.94506) | 99.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 95.02% (0.95022) | 99.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 95.27% (0.95265) | 99.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.10% (0.96101) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 36.03% (0.36031) | 97.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 36.03% (0.36031) | 96.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30614 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5820 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30614 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5820 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Aug 13, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2254
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a