Is CVE-2009-3019 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3019 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3019?

CVE-2009-3019 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-3019

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 17.4%EU EUVD

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Internet Explorer 7 on Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls createElement to create an instance of the LI element, and then calls setAttribute to set the value attribute.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 17.4% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3003)
Published: August 31, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3003 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / internet explorer
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9455

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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