THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-2576
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-2576

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
14.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-07-22

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 14.9% 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-2009-2576

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-2576.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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