CVE-2008-4259

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-399

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385Vendor Advisory
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021371
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385Vendor Advisory
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706

Published

Dec 10, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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