CVE-2009-1529

HIGH

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Title source: rule

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 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setCapture method on a collection of crafted objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/54948

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6295

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504205/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35223

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-036

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.5986

EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-908

Status draft

Affected Products (6)

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/internet_explorer

Timeline

Published Jun 10, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026