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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2576

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.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 14.9%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
14.88% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/ie · microsoft/internet explorer
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.