CVE-2008-1086

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
58.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 8, 2008 (6609 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.

CWE

CWE-94

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorermicrosoft windows-ntmicrosoft windows 2003 servermicrosoft windows vistamicrosoft windows xp

References

🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 marc.info 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com