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CVE-2007-2161

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular exp…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.3%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/33715 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /43314 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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