CVE-2008-1442 (GCVE-0-2008-1442)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-12 01:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
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| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30575 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2008-06-10 00:00
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