CVE-2009-2954 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-2954

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 consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

internet explorer
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.01, 4.1, 4.5, 4.40.308, 4.40.520, 4.70.1155, 4.70.1158, 4.70.1215, 4.70.1300, 4.71.544, 4.71.1008.3, 4.71.1712.6, 4.72.2106.8, 4.72.3110.8, 4.72.3612.1713, 5, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.00.0518.10, 5.00.0910.1309, 5.00.2014.0216, 5.00.2314.1003, 5.00.2516.1900, 5.00.2614.3500, 5.00.2919.800, 5.00.2919.3800, 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, 5.01, 5.1, 5.2.3, 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, 6.0, 6.00.2462.0000, 6.00.2479.0006, 6.0.2600, 6.00.2600.0000, 6.0.2800, 6.0.2800.1106, 6.0.2900

Timeline

Official Publish: August 24th, 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.