CVE-2009-3019

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2/SP3 and IE 7 on Vista - DoS via LI Element Attribute Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-3019. PoCs published by Irfan Asrar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a crash in Internet Explorer by manipulating the 'value' attribute of a list item element, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. It leverages a use-after-free vulnerability in IE6 and IE7.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Internet Explorer 7 on Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls createElement to create an instance of the LI element, and then calls setAttribute to set the value attribute.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Irfan Asrar · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9455

This exploit triggers a crash in Internet Explorer by manipulating the 'value' attribute of a list item element, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. It leverages a use-after-free vulnerability in IE6 and IE7.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer 6/7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit the malicious webpage using a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9455

Scores

EPSS 0.1737
EPSS Percentile 96.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Aug 31, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026