CVE-2009-2954
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
- Record
CVE-2009-2954- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
- Record
CVE-2009-2954- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2941 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
- Record
EUVD-2009-2941- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h7qr-2r4v-9236 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.
- Record
GHSA-h7qr-2r4v-9236- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-2954 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published August 24, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.1%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.