CVE-2009-1918

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5524

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-034

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-047

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2033

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022611

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35826

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505523/100/0/threaded

http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=953693

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3