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CVE-2008-3475

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2008-10-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows VistaMicrosoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-908

References