Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-2161
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.123 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.123 · newest: 0.123 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 7.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/43314 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)