Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5101)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5102)
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5123">#5123</a> : Fixed broken XHTML in User Interface Languages sample.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4893">#4893</a> : Editor should understand table cell inline styles.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4611">#4611</a> : Selection around &lt;select&gt; in editor doesn't anymore cause error.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5006">#5006</a> : Dutch;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5101)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5102)
@@ -507,6 +507,15 @@
 						var distance = testRange.text.replace( /(\r\n|\r)/g, '\n' ).length;
 
-						while ( distance > 0 )
-							distance -= siblings[ --i ].nodeValue.length;
+						try
+						{
+							while ( distance > 0 )
+								distance -= siblings[ --i ].nodeValue.length;
+						}
+						// Measurement in IE could be somtimes wrong because of <select> element. (#4611)
+						catch( e )
+						{
+							distance = 0;
+						}
+
 
 						if ( distance === 0 )