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."
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.
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| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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 |