CVE-2009-1531

N/A Unknown
Published: June 10, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/54950
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35234
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/54950
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504216/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35234
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-039
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
61.3%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

microsoft