CVSS 3.1
8.1 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2009-3671
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3674.
Severity
- EPSS
- 21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-399, CWE-416
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:internet_explorer
- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_vista
- microsoft:windows_xp
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6382
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293