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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-1991

CVE-2010-1991

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Microsoft/Ie
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:8.0.7600.16385:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 6.0.2900.2180, = 7, = 8.0.7600.16385

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