cve/2009/CVE-2009-2655.md

### [CVE-2009-2655](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2655)
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### Description

mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the JavaScript findText method with a crafted Unicode string in the first argument, and only one additional argument, as demonstrated by a second argument of -1.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253

#### Github
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