CVE-2009-0075

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not properly handle errors during attempted access to deleted objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to CFunctionPointer and the appending of document objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2009-02-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0075 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.93%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0075

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16555 exploit_db edb 2010-07-12 Exploit-DB ↗
8152 exploit_db edb 2009-03-04 Exploit-DB ↗
8080 exploit_db edb 2009-02-20 Exploit-DB ↗
8079 exploit_db edb 2009-02-20 Exploit-DB ↗
8082 exploit_db edb 2009-02-20 Exploit-DB ↗
8077 exploit_db edb 2009-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0075

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 87.28% 86.93% -0.35%
2 2025-12-27 86.93% 87.28% +0.35%
3 2025-10-31 86.93%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0075

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0075

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0075

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0075

URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/51839 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33627 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-041A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0389 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-011/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-002 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6000 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8077 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8079 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8080 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8082 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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