Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-1918
CVE-2009-1918
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jspnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505523/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35826nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2033nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-047nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-034nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5524nvd
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