Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-4261
high
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."
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5829
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761