CVE-2010-1991 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by launching excessive mail applications via crafted HTML with many mailto IFRAMEs in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-1991?
CVE-2010-1991 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 20 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1991?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1991?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1991 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-1991 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1991 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55mp-fxfv-hr5j.