CVE-2009-0072

medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 8.0 beta2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an onload=screen[""] attribute value in a BODY element.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47788

http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/01/07/msie-screen-null-ptr-dos-details/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-08

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