Windows XP (home edition), IE 6.0.2600, didn't crash but caused cpu usage to go to 100%. ----- Original Message ----- From: "zeno" <bugtraqat_private> To: "zeno" <zenoat_private> Cc: <incidentsat_private>; <bugtraqat_private>; <vuln-devat_private> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:58 AM Subject: Re: IE Denial of service (sorta) > > I've had alot of people email me. > > So far crashed the following versions below. Can anyone confirm > that anything below won't crash? > > Win 98 IE 6.0 > Win ME IE 6.0(all patches as of yeserday) > IE 6.0 on win xp crashed > nt 4.0 and ie 5.5 sp6a > IE5.5 sp2 and NT4 sp6a P3 733 w/128MB RAM > > It seems to be memory based. Systems with above 256 meg of ram don't seem > to crash. I contacted microsoft no word back yet. > > > - zeno > > > > > > > Hey > > > > I found this months ago and though it was patched but it managed to cause new errors > > on win me with all updates on IE in kernel. On default win2k IE install it sucks up 100 percent cpu > > for half on hour(128 meg of ram). > > > > Please click on it and tell me what happens to you. > > (include version and patch info) > > > > Its a image tag with some garbage characters in a particular order. > > I haven't bothered contacting microsoft yet because I'm not sure just how common a problem > > this is, and with what patches installed. > > > > www.cgisecurity.com/crash.shtml > > also try /crash2.shtml > > > > -zenomorph > > > > > >
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