CVE-2009-2536 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by sending a large integer value for a Select object's length property, causing memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2536?
CVE-2009-2536 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 20 Jul 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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 through 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2536?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2536?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmx7-35p9-v235.