45259 : Microsoft IE mshtml.dll Malformed IFRAME XML File / XSL Stylesheet Handling DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-08-06

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-7065" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IFRAME with a certain XML file and XSL stylesheet that triggers a crash in mshtml.dll when a refresh is called, probably a null pointer dereference.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Solution Unknown

Solution

OSVDB is not aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Bugtraq ID: 19364
CVE ID: 2006-7065 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-08/0163.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www3.ca.com/be/securityadvisor/vulninfo/Vuln.aspx?ID=34511

Credit

Thomas Pollet - Unaffiliated

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-03-02 | Disagree?

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