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CVE-2010-1991

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2010-05-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft IeMicrosoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References