CVE-2009-1532

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 36.8% 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-787

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 8 for Server 2003 SP2; 8 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 8 for Server 2008 SP2 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "malformed row property references" that trigger an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8

References

http://osvdb.org/54951
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504208/100/0/threaded
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-09-041
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6244
http://osvdb.org/54951
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504208/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html

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