J-Security Center

Title: Microsoft HTML Form Control DoS Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Certain Microsoft applications (IE5, Outlook Express 5) are unable to display large HTML form fields within HTML tables. Attempts to view the offending table will cause the application to "hang" and consume 100% CPU resources until the application is closed.

Affected Products:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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