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CVE-2008-4800 (GCVE-0-2008-4800)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-30 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
The DebugDiag ActiveX control in CrashHangExt.dll, possibly 1.0, in Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Internet Explorer 6.0 crash) via a large negative integer argument to the GetEntryPointForThread method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31996 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497943/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4532 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2008-10-30 00:00
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