CVE-2010-2118

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and 8.0.7600.16385 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via JavaScript code containing an infinite loop that creates IFRAME elements for invalid news:// URIs.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 8.0.7600.16385
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2900.2180

References

http://websecurity.com.ua/4238/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded
http://websecurity.com.ua/4238/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded

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