CVE-2007-2161 | BDVDB-2026-23645 Detail

Description#

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715
http://osvdb.org/43314
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12007-04-22Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.