A memory leak occurs when a modal dialog box opens in an iframe in Internet Explorer 8

Consider the following scenario:

• You use Windows Internet Explorer 8 running on Windows 7 SP1 or on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to view a webpage that contains an iframe element.�
• In the iframe, a modal dialog box opens.
• After the modal dialog box opens, the iframe closes.

In this scenario, a memory leak occurs.

Note The size of the memory leak depends on the size of the style sheet for the webpage that contains the iframe element.

To resolve this problem, install most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 8.

Security update information

To install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 8, go to the following Microsoft website:�Note�This update was first included in cumulative security update 2699988. For more information about the security update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer, go to the following Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

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

For more information about the iframe, visit the following Microsoft website:For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: