CVE-2009-1531

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via frequent calls to the getElementsByTagName function combined with the creation of an object during reordering of elements, followed by an onreadystatechange event, which triggers an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6308

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-039

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35234

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504216/100/0/threaded

http://osvdb.org/54950

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3