Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2257
CVE-2008-2257
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.01, 6, and 7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- secunia.com/advisories/31375nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495430/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30613nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-050/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5266nvd
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