| Name | MS.IE.Nested.HTML.Element.Memory.Corruption |
| Release Date | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | System compromise. |
| Description | This indicates an attack attempt towards a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The memory corruption occurs when the Internet Explorer attempts to access uninitialized memory in certain situations. This could lead to a crash of the Internet Explorer or to remote code execution. |
| Affected Products | Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 7 |
| Recommended Actions | Please refer to the following webpage for detailed information and update:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-045.mspx |
| Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-2257
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| Microsoft Bulletin ID | MS08-045 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-045.mspx |