CVE-2009-1918
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · Code injection
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)43%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=953693
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505523/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35826
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022611
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2033
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-047
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-034