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CVE-2008-4381
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert…
Medium5.0EPSS 18.4%
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- mitre
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.4% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- ie-alert-function-dos(45639) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081003 Re: regarding CVE-2008-4382 & CVE-2008-4381 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20080929 MS Internet Explorer 7 Denial Of Service Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081003 regarding CVE-2008-4382 & CVE-2008-4381 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20081001 Re: MS Internet Explorer 7 Denial Of Service Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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