Article ID: 929874
Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
- Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer to view a Web page that uses JScript scripting code, a memory leak occurs in Internet Explorer. When you visit a different Web page, the leaked memory is not released.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if circular references are created in the JScript scripting code that is run on the Web page. Or, this problem may occur if closures are used in the JScript scripting code that is run on the Web page.
RESOLUTION
Security update information
To resolve this problem, install the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more technical information about the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note This update was first included in security update 933566 (MS07-033).
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
933566 MS07-033: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
REFERENCES
For more information about memory leaks that occur when you visit a Web page, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
830555 Circular references to DOM objects on an HTML page cause a memory leak
For more information about Internet Explorer memory leak patterns, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Keywords: kbwinxppresp3fix kbwinxpsp3fix kbfix kbbug kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbpubtypekc KB929874
