CVE-2009-2668 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Internet Explorer by sending a malformed XML document with unclosed tags, requiring user interaction to view the content.
- 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-2009-2668?
CVE-2009-2668 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 5 Aug 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 through 6.0.2900.2180 and 7 through 7.0.6000.16473 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags, a related issue to CVE-2009-1232.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2668?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2668?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2668 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-2009-2668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-69rh-9hxh-3h4x.