cve/2008/CVE-2008-4381.md

### [CVE-2008-4381](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4381)
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### Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4345
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8

#### Github
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