CVE-2008-1086 (GCVE-0-2008-1086)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-08 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019800 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28606 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2008-04-08 00:00
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