A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when processing certain HTML layout combinations, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to visit a malicious Web page.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Sam Thomas (Zero Day Initiative)
ChangeLog
2006-11-14 : Initial release
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