Dumb IE6/XP denial of service...

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by TNT, Dec 31, 2005.

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  1. TNT

    TNT Registered Member

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    Wow, a simple big jpeg completely crashes (and reboots) XP when viewed in IE6.

    -> DON'T GO with Internet Explorer if you don't want to crash...(no problems whatsoever in Firefox or Opera).



    edited direct link OUT. Yes, it DID crash my system entirely in IE...... so I've removed the direct link. ;) ~ TAS
     
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  2. Kye-U

    Kye-U Security Expert

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    "Fix Tag Sizes [Kye-U]" in my Proxomitron Security Pack fixes this ;)
     
  3. TNT

    TNT Registered Member

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    How can I contact Microsoft about this DOS and where? This is definitely not as bad as the wmf exploit, but it's still a completely unacceptable behavior from their software.
     
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  5. Tassie_Devils

    Tassie_Devils Global Moderator

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    Yep Rmus, that is exactly what I saw using IE right before my PC "passed out consciousness" o_O lol...

    TAS
     
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