CVE-2009-2655

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedAug 3, 2009
First seenAug 3, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorer7, 8—

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