CVE-2009-2433 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the AddFavorite method of Microsoft Internet Explorer. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially other unspecified impacts by supplying an excessively long URL as the first argument. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link) for exploitation. While not currently on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.