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CVE-2007-0099

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2007-01-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the msxml3 module in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, as used in Internet Explorer 6 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via many nested tags in an XML document in an IFRAME, when synchronous document rendering is frequently disrupted with asynchronous events, as demonstrated using a JavaScript timer, which can trigger NULL pointer dereferences or memory corruption, aka "MSXML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Xml Core ServicesMicrosoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References