{"id":"CVE-2009-2655","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2655","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:53.466Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2009-08-03T14:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:09:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.22556,"percentile":0.97698,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-07-24","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":9253,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 - findText Unicode Parsing Crash","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/9253.html","file":"exploits/windows/dos/9253.html","published":"2009-07-24","added":"2009-07-23","updated":null,"author":"Hong10","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-56779","CVE-2009-2655"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2655","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}