Vulnerability CVE-2009-2954
Published: 2009-08-24   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
DoS vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome
MustLive
26.08.2009

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 
Microsoft -> Internet explorer 

 References:
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded
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