Is CVE-2008-3475 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3475 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3475?

CVE-2008-3475 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3475

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 39.9%EU EUVD

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."

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-908
EPSS score: 39.9% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3461)
Published: October 15, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3461 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / windows 2000
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2008
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp

References

http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2(Mailing List)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809(Broken Link)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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