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Internet Explorer 11 freezes when you send an empty POST request in Internet zone

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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.

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Cause

This issue occurs because Internet Explorer 11 incorrectly handles the empty post data internally, and cannot report any errors for the incorrect handling.

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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.aspx
Note 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

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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References

See the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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More Information

For more information about Internet zone, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about Internet Explorer policy settings
For more information about the HTTP POST, go to following Wikipedia website:

General information about HTTP POST

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbfix, kbsurveynew, kbexpertiseadvanced, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 2977636
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 7/25/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 294