Microsoft Windows CE Internet Explorer Content-Type Denial of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows CE Internet Explorer Content-Type Denial of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows CE is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because the software fails to handle exceptional conditions.

This issue is triggered when an attacker entices a victim user to visit a malicious website.

Remote attackers may exploit this issue to crash Internet Explorer, effectively denying service to legitimate users. Given the nature of this vulnerability, a possible cause for the problem may be a buffer overflow, but this has not been confirmed.

This issue affects Internet Explorer for Windows CE 6.