CVE-2009-1531
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via frequent calls to the getElementsByTagName function combined with the creation of an object during reordering of elements, followed by an onreadystatechange event, which triggers an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 35.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1527)
- Published
- June 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1527 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://osvdb.org/54950
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504216/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35234
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-039
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6308
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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