CVE-2008-2259: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 30.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not perform proper "argument validation" during print preview, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Component Handling Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

Published 2008-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.