Denial of Service Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2010-1991

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Ie
Internet Explorer
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 May 2010

Summary

A vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute a mail application inadvertently due to the misconfiguration of IFRAME elements containing 'mailto:' URLs. An attacker can exploit this flaw by delivering an HTML document with numerous IFRAME elements, leading to a denial of service through excessive application launches.

References

http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

EPSS Score

13% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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