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CVE-2008-4260

HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 19.4%EU EUVD

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access a deleted object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Key facts

CVSS score
8.5 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-399
EPSS score
19.4% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-4243)
Published
December 10, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4243 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 2008
  • microsoft / windows server 2008
  • microsoft / windows server 2008
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows xp
  • microsoft / windows xp
  • microsoft / windows xp
  • microsoft / windows xp

References

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

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