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MS.IE.MHTML.Malformed.HTML.Script.Remote.DoS

Release Date

Dec 31, 2011

Severity

medium

Impact

Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates a possible attack against a Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability is caused because the vulnerable application fails to handle exceptional conditions. A remote attacker can cause the web browser to crash via a specially-crafted web page.

Affected Products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Recommended Actions

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue.

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2007-0811

Reference/s

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22408 (BugTraq)

Reference: VID-30469