CVE-2008-3475
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows Server 2008Windows Xp
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 40%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
microsoft-windows-2000 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)
Windows 2000· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
80%
All versions
80%
All versions
Windows Vista· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
Windows Xp· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908
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