Title: Multiple Vendor Image Count Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
An issue which affects users of multiple web browsers on Microsoft Windows platforms has been discovered.
An unusually high image count may cause a denial of services to users who view the webpage containing the offending image.
Malicious webmasters may construct webpages which exploit this vulnerability.
Reportedly the overall effect of this issue is browser and system unresponsiveness.
A restart may be required in order to regain normal functionality.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Mozilla Browser 0.9.6
- Opera Software Opera Web Browser 5.1.0 1 win32
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