CVE-2009-2576 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Internet Explorer by sending a long Unicode string to the write method, requiring user interaction.
- 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-2009-2576?
CVE-2009-2576 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 22 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2576?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2576 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-2009-2576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q9v-fv5g-fj8r.