CVE-2010-1991

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, 7, and 8.0.7600.16385 - Denial of Service via IFRAME mailto: URL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, 7, and 8.0.7600.16385 executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.1054
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie 8.0.7600.16385
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0.2900.2180
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
microsoft/internet_explorer 7.0
Published May 20, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026