Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-1991 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft IE and Internet Explorer
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |