CVE-2010-1991

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2010-05-20 17:30

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:41

NVD link : CVE-2010-1991

Mitre link : CVE-2010-1991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-1991

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer
ie

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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