Internet Explorer 9 or 10 crashes when you open a website that uses the AlphaImageLoader filter

This issue occurs when a website uses the AlphaImageLoader filter on a website element that has a null TreeNode pointer.

Note In Internet Explorer 10, this issue only occurs in document mode that is earlier than Internet Explorer 9.

Update information

To resolve this problem, 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:Note This update was first included in security update 2976627.

For more information about security update 2976627, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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