CVE-2008-3475
15Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 40%
exploitation probability
40%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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."
Affected products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/