Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022611
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505523/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35826
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2033
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-034
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=953693
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5524
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-047
Scores
EPSS
0.4332
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.01 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer
8
Published
Jul 29, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026