Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2009-0075
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not properly handle errors during attempted access to deleted objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to CFunctionPointer and the appending of document objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.853 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.853 · newest: 0.853 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6000 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8082 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-011/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33627 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0389 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- osvdb.org/51839 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8079 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8080 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8077 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-041A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-0075?
- CVE-2009-0075 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-02-10.
- Is CVE-2009-0075 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.