CVE-2009-2655

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

03/08/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2009-2655

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools