CVE-2009-3674

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3671.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2009-12-09

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
• Windows 2000 (Microsoft)
• Windows 7 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2003 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2008 (Microsoft)
• Windows Vista (Microsoft)
• Windows Xp (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6570