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CVE-2008-4261

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 29.71%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-4261
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
29.71%
Microsoft Windows

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."