J-Security Center

Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer Refresh Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

A malicious web site operator could design a web page that, when visited by an IE user, will cause IE to crash.

If a webpage containing Javascript designed to cause a continuous refresh via 'self.location = self.location' is viewed, IE will crash.

A restart of the application is required in order to gain normal functionality.

Affected Products:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Microsoft Windows ME
  • 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

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