Article ID: 261257 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 3.2 Malformed Component Attribute Issue in Internet ExplorerThis article was previously published under Q261257 SYMPTOMS
If you place a long string in the CODEBASE attribute of an OBJECT tag, the buffer may be exceeded and Internet Explorer may stop responding (hang) or display the following error message:
Iexplore has caused an error in "<UNKNOWN>". Iexplorer will now close.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 5.01. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267954/EN-US/
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How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack
For additional information about Service Pack 1, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
261268
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261268/EN-US/
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Description of Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1
For additional information about resolving this problem, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
262509
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262509/EN-US/
)
Patch Available for "Frame Domain Verification", "Unauthorized Cookie Access", "Malformed Component Attribute", and "WPAD Spoofing" Vulnerabilities
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1. | Article Translations
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