Improper input validation in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2009-2655
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
EPSS: 0.226 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 7, 8
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)