CVE-2009-1920

Microsoft Windows JScript 5.1-5.8 - Remote Code Execution via Decoded Script Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The JScript scripting engine 5.1, 5.6, 5.7, and 5.8 in JScript.dll in Microsoft Windows, as used in Internet Explorer, does not properly load decoded scripts into memory before execution, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers memory corruption, aka "JScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6316

Scores

EPSS 0.2151
EPSS Percentile 97.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (3 CPE variants)
Published Sep 08, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026