CVE-2008-4259

Published: Dec 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected (4)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Explorer

Microsoft

1 product

Internet Explorer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 5.01 sp4

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 6

Configuration C

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 6 sp1

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows 2000	All versions

Configuration D

1 vulnerable · 14 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 7

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	All versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	All versions
Microsoft Windows Vista	All versions
Microsoft Windows Vista	All versions
Microsoft Windows Vista	All versions
Microsoft Windows Xp	All versions
Microsoft Windows Xp	All versions
Microsoft Windows Xp	All versions
Microsoft Windows Xp	All versions