Use After Free in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-0077
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 6 SP2, and and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by assigning malformed values to certain properties, as demonstrated using the by property of an animateMotion SVG element, aka "Property Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.372 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.372 · newest: 0.372 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488048/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27666 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/228569 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-006.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5396 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0077?
- CVE-2008-0077 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2008-02-12.
- How severe is CVE-2008-0077?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.