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Re: MSIE buffer overrun
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Re: MSIE buffer overrun

  • To: NTBUGTRAQLISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
  • Subject: Re: MSIE buffer overrun
  • From: Phil Cox <pccLLNL.GOV>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:30:05 -0800
  • Comments: To: Russ <Russ.CooperRC.ON.CA>
  • In-Reply-To: <199803202209.OAA16997pierce.llnl.gov>
  • Reply-To: Phil Cox <pccLLNL.GOV>
  • Sender: Windows NT BugTraq Mailing List <NTBUGTRAQLISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM>
At 03:08 PM 3/20/98 -0500, Russ wrote:
>>Solution: Do not browse hostile pages.
>>To try this: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/1711/msie.html
><--note: Hostile site!!...;-]
>
>On my NT box, hitting the referenced site caused the DrWatson process to
>be invoked which drove the box to 100% for 25 minutes before I killed
>it. I could still work on anything else I wanted, but that process just
>sat there endlessly at 100% (and of course IE was munged).

On my NT box, got an application error, IE quit with an OK box, no other
problems.

NT 4.0 WS, SP3, IE 4.71.1712.2

Phil Cox
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