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CVE-2010-1991 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/ CVEExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded CVE
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/ [email protected]Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft ie
8.0.7600.16385

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft internet explorer
6.0.2900.2180
7
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1991
NVD Published Date:
May 20, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-1991 Details - Not Deferred