Height of ModalDialog not working in IE8

I have following code for an SP.UI.ModalDialog:

function SendDocument(siteUrl, listID, itemID)
{
    var options = SP.UI.$create_DialogOptions();

    options.url = siteUrl + "/SendDocument.aspx?url=" + siteUrl + "&list=" + listID + "&item=" + itemID;
    options.width = 550;
    options.height = 800;
    options.dialogReturnValueCallback = editCallback;

    SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);
}

This code is running in SharePoint 2010 with following versions:

• jQuery 1.4.1


• jQuery UI 1.8.10

I cannot change/update the version of these jQuery files. Following browsers show the correct height:

• Google Chrome 40.0.2214.115


• Internet Explorer 9(.0.8112.16421)
  
  
  
  • Update versions 9.0.2 and 9.0.13
  
  
  
  

But, Internet Explorer 8 will not take the given height, no matter what height I provide in the options parameter.

Does anyone have a solution for this?