Microsoft KB Archive/911064

= FIX: An access violation may occur when you load an ActiveX control that allocates more than 4 GB of memory in Internet Explorer 6 =

Article ID: 911064

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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SYMPTOMS
In the 64-bit edition of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, an access violation may occur when you load an ActiveX control that allocates more than 4 gigabytes (GB) of memory.

This problem occurs on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64-based computers and on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computers.

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CAUSE
This problem occurs because of an integer overflow condition in the Mshtml.dll file when Internet Explorer parses a Web page.

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Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. <div class="status_section">

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

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