CVE-2007-2161

medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

References

Advisories
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H