01 Record

CVE-2008-3475

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

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: 39.86% 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: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

2008-10-15 00:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 09:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-08-04

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c1637f4a7d06c04f437045b90f0c73cc687c71382f8965f5827080f1b6706187

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

microsoftwindows_2000Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2003Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2008Not specified—

microsoftwindows_vistaNot specified—

microsoftwindows_xpNot specified—

06 References

ifsec.blogspot.comhttp://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.htmlx_refsource_MISC
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:13151https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-uninitialized-objects-code-execution(45563)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securityfocus.com20081015 Internet Explorer 6 componentFromPoint() remote memory disclosure and remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.infoSSRT080143http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
docs.microsoft.comMS08-058https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.vupen.comADV-2008-2809http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securitytracker.com1021047http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/x_refsource_MISC
www.us-cert.govTA08-288Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-ms08kb956390-update(45565)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securityfocus.com31617http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617vdb-entryx_refsource_BID