CVE-2009-2764 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 x64 by sending a crafted DIV element with empty SCRIPT tags, requiring user interaction to visit the malicious page.
- 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-2009-2764?
CVE-2009-2764 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 14 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 8.0.7100.0 on Windows 7 RC on the x64 platform allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain DIV element in conjunction with SCRIPT elements that have empty contents and no reference to a valid external script location.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2764?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows 7.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2764?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2764 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-2009-2764 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-2764 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3rph-v6j3-hfch.