CVE-2008-4258

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
52.7%
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: December 10, 2008 (6364 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 does not properly validate parameters during calls to navigation methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Parameter Validation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 www.vupen.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org