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CVE-2008-4381

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
18.4%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

18.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45639 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/4345 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/496830/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/496926/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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