CVE-2009-1529

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setCapture method on a collection of crafted objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7, 6-sp1, 5.01, 5.01-sp4, 8
Microsoft Ie: Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2 (+1)

References

http://osvdb.org/54948
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504205/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35223
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-036
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6295
http://osvdb.org/54948
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504205/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35223

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