First published: Wed Feb 07 2007(Updated: )
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an HTML document containing a certain JavaScript for loop with an empty loop body, possibly involving getElementById.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Internet Explorer | =6 | |
Microsoft Internet Explorer | =6.0-sp2 |
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CVE-2007-0811 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can cause application crashes.
To mitigate CVE-2007-0811, users should upgrade to a supported version of Internet Explorer or apply any available security patches.
CVE-2007-0811 affects Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000 and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP.
Yes, CVE-2007-0811 can be exploited remotely through specially crafted HTML documents.
Exploitation of CVE-2007-0811 typically results in a denial of service, causing Internet Explorer to crash.