CVE-2009-1530 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1530?

CVE-2009-1530 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 10 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by repeatedly adding HTML document nodes and calling event handlers, which triggers an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1530?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2009-1530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer

• CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rfmf-5g8q-mw3m.