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CVE-2009-2655
published 2009-08-03

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…

PriorityP420medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
22.56%
97.4th percentile
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.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
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