CVE-2009-1531

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Remote Code Execution via getElementsByTagName Reordering

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504216/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-039
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35234
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6308
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/54950
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350

Scores

EPSS 0.3507
EPSS Percentile 98.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Jun 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026