CVE-2009-0553
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 41.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that triggers presence of an object in memory that was (1) not properly initialized or (2) deleted, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - EMBED Memory Corruption (PoC) (MS09-014) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8479dos, windowspublished 20 Apr 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.4% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- ADV-2009-1028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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://skypher.com/index.php/2009/04/19/ms09-014-embed-element-memory-corruption/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS09-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 53626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2009-0557 (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-2009-0553)Record last updated .