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CVE-2008-2258

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 35.04%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 35.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-2258
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
35.04%
Microsoft

Original NVD Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order" with "particular functions ... performed on" document objects, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2257.