Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when XHTML strict mode is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the zoom style directive in conjunction with unspecified other directives in a malformed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) stylesheet in a crafted HTML document, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0076 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.54%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 58.48% | 33.54% | -24.94% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 65.89% | 58.48% | -7.41% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 65.89% | — |
Full EPSS history (30 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |