{"cve":"CVE-2009-2668","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-05T19:30:01.093","modified":"2026-06-16T23:09:57.590","status":"Modified","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 6.0.2900.2180 and 7 through 7.0.6000.16473 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags, a related issue to CVE-2009-1232.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html","http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html","http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2668","score":0.1447,"percentile":0.96631,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}