Microsoft HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Publish date: July 21, 2015
  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-2257,MS08-045
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002696
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002696 - Microsoft HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • microsoft ie 5.01
  • microsoft ie 6
  • microsoft ie 7
  • microsoft internet_explorer 6

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