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mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 3, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(97th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2009-2655

GHSA ID

GHSA-pc3h-f2j5-gmm4

Source code

No known source code

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