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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1442 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

published 2008-06-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1446

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.8%
EPSS 38.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

38.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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