Microsoft KB Archive/295431

= FIX: Access Violation in MSXML3.DLL When an HTTP Request Uses Basic Authentication =

Article ID: 295431

Article Last Modified on 9/26/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0
 * Microsoft XML Parser 3.0 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q295431





SYMPTOMS
When you use XMLHTTP or ServerXMLHTTP with basic authentication and Base64 encoding, you may encounter an unhandled exception.



CAUSE
One of the internal functions (HTUU_encode) is not handling the Base64 encoding properly.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, download the latest service pack for Microsoft XML Parser.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

308480 INFO: How to Obtain the Latest Microsoft XML 3.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft 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 MSXML Service Pack 3.0 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: crash msxml3

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB295431

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