CVE-2008-1085
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 31.9%EU EUVD
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 31.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1096)
- Published
- April 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1096 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27707(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490840/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28552
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019801
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1148/references
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5563
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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