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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-4844 in the critical feed json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6…

published 2008-12-11 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4823

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
66.5%
EPSS 66.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms08_078_xml_corruption)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

66.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms08_078_xml_corruption MS08-078 Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2008-12-07
  • EDB-16583 Microsoft Internet Explorer - Data Binding Memory Corruption (MS08-078) (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-7410 Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows Vista) - XML Parsing Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-12-10
  • EDB-7403 Microsoft Internet Explorer - XML Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-12-10
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • isc.sans.org http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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