CVE-2008-4261

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
64.4%
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

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 www.vupen.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com