CVE-2009-2655
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...
- Published
- Aug 3, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jul 24, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 97.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Hong10 · windows · Jul 24, 2009
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