CVE-2007-2161

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Published at: - 22-04-2007 09:19

Last modified: - 19-02-2022 05:09

Total changes: - 2

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Low

Attack complexity

Network

Attack vector

Low

Availability

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Privileges required

Scope

User interaction

4.3

Base score

8.6

2.9

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

vendor=microsoft AND product=internet_explorer AND version=7.0

Reference

43314-Broken Link
ie-unspecified-dos(33715)-VDB Entry
20070418 Re: Internet Explorer Crash-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20070417 Re: Internet Explorer Crash-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20070417 Internet Explorer Crash-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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Reference

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