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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3475

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CVE-2008-3475

Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45563
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45565

ST
  1021047

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13151

MS
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-058.mspx

MISC
  http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/
  http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html

HP
  http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2

CERT
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded

BID
  31617


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