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CVE-2008-4259 Details

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."

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371 CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html CVEUS Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4259
NVD Published Date:
Dec 10, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]