VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-2655
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability22.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation