CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2009-2954
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl5.0
CVSS v2
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
13.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
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