CVE-2009-2433

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2433
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-10 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the AddFavorite method in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a long URL in the first argument.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie 8.0b All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta3 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730 unknown gold All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.00.5730.1100 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.00.6000.16386 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.00.6000.16441 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001 beta All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'AddFavorite' Remote Crash (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer 'AddFavorite' Method Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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