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MS IE 3/4/5,Netscape Communicator 4 IMG Tag DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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Multiple web browsers on Windows platforms are vulnerable to a denial of service attack via malicious IMG tags containing 'mailto:' links, potentially crashing the browser and exhausting system resources

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                                                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3122/info

An issue which affects users of multiple web browsers on Microsoft Windows platforms has been discovered.

Multiple malicious IMG tags may cause a denial of services to users who view webpages they are embedded into. Any medium which allows web users to embed a sufficient amount of HTML code that will be displayed to other users(forums, guestbooks, etc.) is a potential attack vehicle for a malicious user. Additionally, malicious webmasters may construct webpages which exploit this vulnerability.

The multiple malicious IMG tags will contain a unique 'mailto:' link, forcing the affected browser to open a corresponding number of e-mail compose windows. At the very least the browser will crash, but system resources may be exhausted enough to cause the entire machine to crash. 

Post 100+ IMG Tags, each with a unique 'mailto:' link.

<img src="mailto:[email protected]">
<img src="mailto:[email protected]">
etc. 
                              

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01 Jul 2014 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
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