CVE-2008-4844
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 66.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4823)
- Published
- December 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4823 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx
- http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458(Exploit)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33089(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881(US Government Resource)
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6007
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7403
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7410
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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