CVE-2009-2655

2009-08-0314:30:00

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve

2009

2655

denial of service

ie 7

ie 8

windows xp sp3

mshtml.dll

nvd

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.018

Percentile

88.1%

JSON

mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the JavaScript findText method with a crafted Unicode string in the first argument, and only one additional argument, as demonstrated by a second argument of -1.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch7

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch8

AND

microsoftwindows_xpMatch-sp3

VendorProductVersionCPE
microsoftinternet_explorer7cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer8cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftwindows_xp-cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
microsoft	internet_explorer	7	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	8	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
microsoft	windows_xp	-	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::