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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 function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.

Published

2008-10-02T18:18:05.837

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	7	Yes

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4345 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496830/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496926/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45639 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4345 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496830/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496926/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45639 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)