Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Rows Property Dangling Pointer Code Execution Vulnerability

June 10th, 2009
ZDI-09-041 ZDI-CAN-463

CVE ID

CVE-2009-1532

CVSS Score

None None

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.

The specific flaw exists during the rendering of an HTML page with malformed row property references, resulting in a dangling pointer which can be abused to execute arbitrary code. Internet Explorer 7 is not affected.

Additional Details

Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-019.mspx

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2009-03-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2009-06-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Nils

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