Vulnerability in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool
CVE-2008-4800
The DebugDiag ActiveX control in CrashHangExt.dll, possibly 1.0, in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Internet Explorer 6.0 crash) via a large negative integer argument to the GetEntryPointForThread method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.258 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.258 · newest: 0.258 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31996 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497943/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46309 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4532 (third-party-advisory)