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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-2576
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0192.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505120/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505122/100/0/threaded
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.0_beta, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.01, 3.1, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0a, 4.1, 4.5, 4.x, 5, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0_ta3, 5.1, 5.01, 5.1.1, 5.1.7, 5.2, 5.2.3, 5.22, 5.x, 6, 0, 3.0.2, 3.2, 4.01, 4.40.308, 4.40.520, 4.70.1155, 4.70.1158, 4.70.1215, 4.70.1300, 4.71.1008.3, 4.71.1712.6, 4.72.2106.8, 4.72.3110.8, 4.72.3612.1713, 5.00.0518.10, 5.00.0910.1309, 5.00.2014.0216, 5.00.2516.1900, 5.00.2614.3500, 5.00.2919.800, 5.00.2919.6307, 5.00.2920.0000, 5.00.3103.1000, 5.00.3105.0106, 5.00.3314.2101, 5.00.3315.1000, 5.00.3502.1000, 5.00.3700.1000, 5.5, 5.50.3825.1300, 5.50.4030.2400, 5.50.4134.0100, 5.50.4134.0600, 5.50.4308.2900, 5.50.4522.1800, 5.50.4807.2300, 6.0, 6.0.2600, 6.0.2800, 6.0.2800.1106, 6.0.2900
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 22nd, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.