CVE-2008-1086

The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.

• CWE-94

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=680Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29714Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28606Patch
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147/referencesBroken Link
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-023
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41464
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5475
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=680Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29714Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28606Patch
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147/referencesBroken Link
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-023
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41464
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5475

Published

Apr 8, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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