CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3673
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.0.1
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp
• microsoft internet explorer 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft internet explorer 8
• microsoft windows 7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6519 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6519 oval.cisecurity.org