CVE-2008-3475

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

Ranks above 98.5% 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.

Published

2008-10-15 00:00Z17 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

• 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