CVE-2009-2954

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: through 6.0.2900.2180; 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0 (+69)

References

http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded

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