Unscored CVE-2007-2161 EUVD-2007-2156GHSA-wr3m-ccvr-j929

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular exp…

Published Apr 22, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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 /(.)*/.

References

20070418 Re: Internet Explorer Crash mailing-list
20070417 Internet Explorer Crash mailing-list
ie-unspecified-dos(33715) vdb-entry
43314 vdb-entry
20070417 Re: Internet Explorer Crash mailing-list