CVE-2009-0075 describes an uninitialized memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, affecting various Windows operating systems including XP, Vista, and Server editions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious HTML document that improperly handles errors during access to deleted objects. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and several Proof-of-Concept examples on ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation. The vulnerability has also garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.