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    CVE-2008-1442

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

    Published:Jun 12, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 12, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.62851
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30575
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30575
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High