CVE-2008-3475
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 39.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 39.9% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-uninitialized-objects-code-execution(45563) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081015 Internet Explorer 6 componentFromPoint() remote memory disclosure and remote code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SSRT080143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MS08-058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2809 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA08-288A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- win-ms08kb956390-update(45565) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3461 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-3475)Record last updated .