CVE-2008-3475 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3475
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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 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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