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.
Published:May 20, 2010
Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
EPS:May 20, 2010
EPSS Score:0.13654
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Ie
Microsoft
Ie
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Internet Explorer
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
