CVE-2008-1442

CVE Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substringData method in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified manipulation of a DOM object before a call to this method, aka the "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	9.3		AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	46.72%	–	–
2022-12-18	–	–	46.72%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	62.48%	–
2023-05-21	–	–	–	68.99%	–
2023-06-04	–	–	–	68.99%	–
2023-10-15	–	–	–	71.23%	–
2023-11-19	–	–	–	75.42%	–
2023-12-24	–	–	–	73.85%	–
2024-01-28	–	–	–	68.83%	–
2024-03-03	–	–	–	67.07%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	66.29%	–
2024-09-01	–	–	–	68.87%	–
2024-11-17	–	–	–	75.05%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	89.31%	–
2024-12-29	–	–	–	85.44%	–
2025-02-02	–	–	–	86.74%	–
2025-03-09	–	–	–	86.62%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	85.44%	–
2025-02-02	–	–	–	86.74%	–
2025-03-09	–	–	–	86.62%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	65.33%
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	65.33,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	98%
2022-12-18	99%
2023-03-12	97%
2023-05-21	97%
2023-06-04	98%
2023-10-15	98%
2023-11-19	98%
2023-12-24	98%
2024-01-28	98%
2024-03-03	98%
2024-06-02	98%
2024-09-01	98%
2024-11-17	98%
2024-12-22	99%
2024-12-29	99%
2025-02-02	99%
2025-03-09	99%
2025-01-19	99%
2025-02-02	99%
2025-03-09	99%
2025-03-18	98%
2025-03-18	98%

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 6

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 6 (Open CPE detail)
Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 6 (Open CPE detail)
Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 6 (Open CPE detail)

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 7

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 7 (Open CPE detail)

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-039/
Tags : x_refsource_MISC

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3934
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020225
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5720
Tags : vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29556
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID