THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-2161
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2161

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
12.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2007-04-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2161

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2161.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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