CVE-2007-2161
Microsoft Internet Explorer Regular Expression Denial of Service
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 /(.)*/.
INFO
Published Date :
April 22, 2007, 7:19 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2007-2161.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/43314 | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 | VDB Entry |
| http://osvdb.org/43314 | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 | VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://osvdb.org/43314 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 19, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/43314 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/43314 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 VDB Entry -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 23, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466175/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33715 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33715 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 23, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2161 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2161
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
14.25 }} 3.58%
score
0.95689
percentile