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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-4261

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 29.7%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
29.71% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.