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CVE-2008-3475

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3475 describes an uninitialized memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, affecting various Windows operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server 2003/2008. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted HTML document by exploiting errors in how IE6 handles the componentFromPoint method on improperly initialized or deleted XML objects. While the FAUCET Risk Score is high at 98/100 and its EPSS score is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3986 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ifsec.blogspot.com / 2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing List
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45563
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45565
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/31617
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2809
Broken Link
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-069
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry