Vulnerabilities > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Critical

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-08-13 CVE-2008-2256 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not properly handle objects that have been incorrectly initialized or deleted, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-20
critical
9.3
2008-08-13 CVE-2008-2257 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7
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.
network
microsoft CWE-399
critical
9.3
2008-08-13 CVE-2008-2258 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7
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" with "particular functions ...
network
microsoft CWE-399
critical
9.3
2008-08-13 CVE-2008-2259 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not perform proper "argument validation" during print preview, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Component Handling Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-20
critical
9.3
2008-06-12 CVE-2008-1442 Buffer Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7
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."
network
microsoft CWE-119
critical
9.3
2008-06-03 CVE-2008-2540 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Apple Safari
Apple Safari on Mac OS X, and before 3.1.2 on Windows, does not prompt the user before downloading an object that has an unrecognized content type, which allows remote attackers to place malware into the (1) Desktop directory on Windows or (2) Downloads directory on Mac OS X, and subsequently allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows by leveraging an untrusted search path vulnerability in (a) Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP or (b) the SearchPath function in Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008, aka a "Carpet Bomb" and a "Blended Threat Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different issue than CVE-2008-1032.
network
apple microsoft CWE-264
critical
9.3
2008-05-18 CVE-2008-2281 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft IE and Internet Explorer
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the Print Table of Links feature in Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0b allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Local Machine Zone via an HTML document with a link containing JavaScript sequences, which are evaluated by a resource script when a user prints this document.
network
microsoft
critical
9.3
2008-04-23 CVE-2007-6255 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Buffer overflow in the Microsoft HeartbeatCtl ActiveX control in HRTBEAT.OCX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Host argument to an unspecified method.
network
microsoft CWE-119
critical
9.3
2008-04-08 CVE-2008-1085 Code Injection vulnerability in Microsoft IE and Internet Explorer
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.
network
microsoft CWE-94
critical
9.3
2008-04-08 CVE-2008-1086 Code Injection vulnerability in Microsoft products
The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.
network
microsoft CWE-94
critical
9.3