CVE-2010-1991

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2010-05-20 10:30

Updated : 2021-07-23 08:05

NVD link : CVE-2010-1991

Mitre link : CVE-2010-1991

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer
ie

{"cve": {"data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/", "name": "http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/", "tags": ["Exploit"], "refsource": "MISC"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded", "name": "20100518 DoS vulnerabilities in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and other browsers", "tags": [], "refsource": "BUGTRAQ"}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-399"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2010-1991", "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org"}}, "impact": {"baseMetricV2": {"cvssV2": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 5.0, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "authentication": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "severity": "MEDIUM", "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}}, "publishedDate": "2010-05-20T17:30Z", "configurations": {"nodes": [{"children": [], "operator": "OR", "cpe_match": [{"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}]}], "CVE_data_version": "4.0"}, "lastModifiedDate": "2021-07-23T15:05Z"}

5.0 /10