CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2007-2161

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 /(.)*/.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://osvdb.org/43314 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2007-04-22 07:19

Updated : 2022-02-19 04:09

NVD link : CVE-2007-2161

Mitre link : CVE-2007-2161

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other