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CVE-2009-2655

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CVE-2009-2655

Published: Aug 3, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

35799
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
ms-ie-mshtml-dos(52249)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12700
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
9253
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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