CVE-2008-2255 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 6, and 7, where the browser accesses uninitialized memory. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a highly severe vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.