CVE-2009-0551
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 6 and 7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, 7 on Windows Vista Gold…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 24.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 6 and 7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, 7 on Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and 7 on Windows Server 2008 does not properly handle transition errors in a request for one HTTP document followed by a request for a second HTTP document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) multiple crafted pages on a web site or (2) a web page with crafted inline content such as banner advertisements, aka "Page Transition Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.9% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- ADV-2009-1028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 53624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA09-104A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 34678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=871138 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS09-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1022042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0555 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0551)Record last updated .