bugtraq - Re: Driver for display goes to a infinite loop by viewing a html!

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:44:27 +0400
From: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
To: Bipin Gautam <visitbipin@...mail.com>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Driver for display goes to a infinite loop by viewing a html!

Dear Bipin Gautam,

This problem is known for years.

http://seclists.org/lists/vuln-dev/2001/Jun/0102.html
http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/ie5freeze.asp?l=RU
http://www.security.nnov.ru/files/ie5hang-nojs.asp

--Wednesday, August 11, 2004, 4:11:06 PM, you wrote to bugtraq@...urityfocus.com:

BG> Hello everybody,

BG> View this page:
BG> http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/crazy.html

BG> Try scrolling the picture for few seconds...[ don't kill the
BG> process] I have tested it on several machines with intel vga. it
BG> reboots Winxp with a fetal error because The driver for the display
BG> device got stuck in an infinite loop.

BG> ps: I've tested with firefox and IE browser... The exploit
BG> isn't triggered via a opera browser. There have been reports, Matrox
BG> G400 video card, driver (version 5.82.18.0.) on windows 2000 (sp4)
BG> also crashes.

BG> in, http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/crazy.html
BG> The image itself is not big but the html resizing of it is big.
BG> <img width=9999999 height=9999999 src="crazy.jpg"

BG> regards,
BG> bipin gautam
BG> http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/

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