Multiple.Browser.Marquee.DoS

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This indicates an attempt to exploit a denial of service vulnerability present in several of the most popular web browsers.
Multiple Browsers (IE, Firefox and Opera) contain a denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources on a victim's system via a specially crafted webpage.

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Mozilla Firefox version 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox version 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox version 1.0.8
Opera Web Browser, any version.
Microsoft Internet Explorer, any version.

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service

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Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue.

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)