CVE-2009-2519: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 25.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DHTML Editing Component ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly format HTML markup, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers "system state" corruption, aka "DHTML Editing Component ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version; affected versions not specified

Published 2009-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.