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CVE-2009-0072

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 8.0 beta2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an onload=screen[""] attribute value in a BODY element.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 6-sp1, 6-sp2, 7, 8-beta1, 8-beta2

References

• http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/01/07/msie-screen-null-ptr-dos-details/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33149
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47788
• http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/01/07/msie-screen-null-ptr-dos-details/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33149
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47788

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