CVE-2007-2161 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Published: 2007-04-22

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 32.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.32093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/43314
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-22T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:23:50.909Z

Reserved: 2007-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2161

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-22T19:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2161

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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