CVE-2009-2576
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0192.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505120/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505122/100/0/threaded
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