CVE-2009-2655: Input Validation

First published: Mon Aug 03 2009(Updated: )

mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the JavaScript findText method with a crafted Unicode string in the first argument, and only one additional argument, as demonstrated by a second argument of -1.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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