CVE-2008-1085: Microsoft Ie

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 31.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.

Affected products

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

Published 2008-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.