Description
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, causing a loop.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 / Mozilla 0.8/0.9.x / Opera 5/6 - JavaScript Interpreter Denial of Service EDB-21346 · dos · Mar 19, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4322 vdb-entry
- 20020318 Javascript loop causes IE to crash mailing-list
- ie-javascript-dos(8488) vdb-entry