MEDIUM
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
Published Jul 22, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.88%
Description
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 products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- n/a
- 2.0
- 2.0_beta
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.01
- 3.1
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0a
- 4.1
- 4.1
- 4.1
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.x
- 5
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0_ta3
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 5.01
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.7
- 5.2
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.3
- 5.22
- 5.x
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 6
- ≤ 6.0.2900.2180
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.01
- 4.1
- 4.01
- 4.5
- 4.40.308
- 4.40.520
- 4.70.1155
- 4.70.1158
- 4.70.1215
- 4.70.1300
- 4.71.1008.3
- 4.71.1712.6
- 4.72.2106.8
- 4.72.3110.8
- 4.72.3612.1713
- 5
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.00.0518.10
- 5.00.0910.1309
- 5.00.2014.0216
- 5.00.2516.1900
- 5.00.2614.3500
- 5.00.2919.800
- 5.00.2919.6307
- 5.00.2920.0000
- 5.00.3103.1000
- 5.00.3105.0106
- 5.00.3314.2101
- 5.00.3315.1000
- 5.00.3502.1000
- 5.00.3700.1000
- 5.01
- 5.1
- 5.01
- 5.01
- 5.2.3
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.50.3825.1300
- 5.50.4030.2400
- 5.50.4134.0100
- 5.50.4134.0600
- 5.50.4308.2900
- 5.50.4522.1800
- 5.50.4807.2300
- 6
- 6
- 6.0
- 6.0.2600
- 6.0.2800
- 6.0.2800.1106
- 6.0.2900
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.88% 0.14884
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14884
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.88% (0.14884) | 96.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.88% (0.14884) | 96.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 30.08% (0.30084) | 96.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.05% (0.02055) | 89.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.05% (0.02055) | 87.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 13.78% (0.13782) | 95.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | 13.78% (0.13782) | 95.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 16.53% (0.16531) | 95.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 16, 2022 | 16.53% (0.16531) | 95.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 12, 2022 | 19.21% (0.19214) | 96.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 26.49% (0.26486) | 95.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0192.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505120/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505122/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0192.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505120/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505122/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 22, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 22, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2576
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a