CVE-2009-2668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 6.0.2900.2180 and 7 through 7.0.6000.16473 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags, a related issue to CVE-2009-1232.

Published: 2009-08-05

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 23.2% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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 Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23209.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-05T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:07:46.574Z

Reserved: 2009-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2668

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-05T19:30:01.093

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

Link: CVE-2009-2668

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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