CVE-2008-0078: Microsoft Activex

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 29.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control (dxtmsft.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, aka "Argument Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Activex: any version
• Microsoft Ie: version 5.01 only; version 6 only; version 7 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6 only; version 7 only

Published 2008-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.