bugtraq - memory leak in IE?

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Message-ID: <EA7A80535CB0474AB95F6274FC4BD3488EEA4D@EX-201.mail.navisite.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:06:59 -0600
From: "David Cross" <davidcross@...t-N-Track.com>
To: <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: memory leak in IE?

I've tried the following code in IE on XP SP2 and it appears there is a
memory leak.  It could potentially lead to a dos.  Interestingly I tried
the same code with a very large status message and the leak seemed to
slow down.  

Strange.

<HTML>
<Body>
<script language="JavaScript">
       setInterval("x()",5); 
       function x(){window.status= "My website is important... boomkark
me!"}
</script>
This sample eats about 4K of memory per second.
</Body>
</HTML>