Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.Uninitialized.Memory.Corruption
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a double-free memory-corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is due to the way the application manages certain HTTP responses. It could lead to a crash in 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
Impact
System compromise.
Recommended Actions
Please refer to the following website for the update or patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-045.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15783 |
| Created | Aug 15, 2008 |
| Updated | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2008-2256 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 91.82% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |