CVE-2007-2161

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 22, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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