Memory leak when you use the innerHTML property to insert nested tables in Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, or Internet Explorer 11

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Symptoms

Assume that you create a web browser control host application or that you start Windows Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, or Internet Explorer 11 on a computer. When a webpage dynamically inserts nested tables by using the innerHTML property of an element, a memory leak may occur.

Note After this issue occurs, the memory leak still exists even after you browse away from the webpage.

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Cause

This issue occurs because an internal circular reference is created. Therefore, the markup is held in memory.

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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

Notes

The update for Internet Explorer 9 was first included in security update 2898785. For more information about security update 2898785, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2898785 MS13-097: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: December 10, 2013
The update for Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 was first included in security update 2909921. For more information about security update 2909921, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2909921 MS14-010: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: February 11, 2014

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