CVE-2010-2119: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 9.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0.2900.2180 only

Published 2010-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.