CVE-2009-2536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 through 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.

Published: 2009-07-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 15.0% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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 0.14987.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160
http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52870

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-20T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:15.244Z

Reserved: 2009-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2536

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-20T18:30:01.127

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

Link: CVE-2009-2536

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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