{
    "id": "CVE-2009-2655",
    "published": "2009-08-03 14:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:09:55",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.22556",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97642",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "internet_explorer"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_xp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9253",
            "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 - findText Unicode Parsing Crash",
            "date": "2009-07-24",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700",
        "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700"
    ]
}