01 Record
CVE-2008-1442
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 38.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-06-12 01:30Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ca6cc05744083f93831f0c5dc24c49787c246b1ca76ea818f2462b44b4e69621
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.microsoft.comMS08-031https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1778http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
- securityreason.com3934http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934
- securitytracker.com1020225http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225
- www.us-cert.govTA08-162Bhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5720https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720
- marc.infoHPSBST02344http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com29556http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556
- www.securityfocus.com20080610 ZDI-08-039: Microsoft Internet Explorer DOM Ojbect substringData() Heap Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493253/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com30575http://secunia.com/advisories/30575