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CVE-2010-1991

N/A

Published: May 20, 2010 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerIe

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 11%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ie · Microsoft

95%

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

6.0.2900.2180 7 7.0 8.0.7600.16385

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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