Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4299

Description

A certain ActiveX control in the Microsoft Internet Authentication Service (IAS) Helper COM Component in iashlpr.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a large integer value in the first argument to the PutProperty method. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so it might be incorrect.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Internet Authentication Service Helper Com Component2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_authentication_service_helper_com_component:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_authentication_service_helper_com_component:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Microsoft/IAS Helper COM Componentllm-create

Patches

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References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4323nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496695/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45556nvd

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