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Vulnerability Development: Re: MSIE flaws: nested array sort() loop Stack overflow exception

Re: MSIE flaws: nested array sort() loop Stack overflow exception

From: isno <isno_at_xfocus.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:38:06 +0800

I don't think this flaw is exploitable.In MSIE, any loop can lead to exception.Just like:

<IFRAME SRC=?>

save it as a html file, open it in IE, in about 30 seconds, it will cause a stack_overflow exception and exit. Because IE will not stop allocating stack buffer, until there is not enough stack space.

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>Hi all,
>
>Another flaw in IE:
>
><HTML>
> <SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
> <SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
></HTML>
>
>Normally I would see if it's exploitable but I figure I'm not MS's pet bug finder/analyser... So, I've CC'ed this message to Microsoft. I'm sure they know their own product better then I do and can analyse the problem much faster. So if you want to know the impact of this vulnerability, ask them: I'm sure they will be more then willing to help you. I'm sure they will even reply to this message with technical details and a patch tomorrow.
>
>Added to the list: http://www.edup.tudelft.nl/~bjwever/advisory_ie_flaws.html
>
>Cheers,
>SkyLined
>http://www.edup.tudelft.nl/~bjwever
>
>PS. Don't think firefox will keep you save from hackers, I _know_ it won't ;) But more on that later...
>PS2. Recursive function call will cause stack overflow causing write exception in guard page on a push, no control over registers.

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                           Cheers,
        isno
        isno_at_xfocus.org
          2004-11-26
Received on Nov 28 2004

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