Symptoms
When you send an empty HTTP POST request on an Internet Explorer 11 page that is configured in the Internet zone on a Windows 8.1-based computer, Internet Explorer 11 freezes.
Note This issue does not occur in Internet Explorer 10 and other operating systems.
Cause
This issue occurs because Internet Explorer 11 incorrectly handles the empty post data internally, and cannot report any errors for the incorrect handling.
Resolution
Update information
To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, go to Microsoft Update.
For technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, go to the following Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspxNote This update was first included in security update 2975687.
For more information about security update 2975687, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975687 MS14-037: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 8, 2014
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
See the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
More Information
For more information about Internet zone, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about Internet Explorer policy settingsFor more information about the HTTP POST, go to following Wikipedia website:
