"The data area passed to a system call is too small" when clicking on a link

Question

I have a code which works good in all browsers, except IE (IE11 if it matters).

This code just loads a png image on a client. When I try to do it in IE, I get this error message:

The data area passed to a system call is too small

Is there any workaround and how can I fix it?

var link = document.getElementById("export-png");
link.href = "data:image/png;base64,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";
link.click();

<a href="" id="export-png">To be clicked</a>

by `...` I mean some function, which crops a canvas and returns this - `canvas.toDataURL("image/png")`. — Jacobian, Nov 02 '17 at 13:57
In a minute. I will log the result from my cropping function. — Jacobian, Nov 02 '17 at 13:59
Lol. _By ... I mean some possibly huge function that may give the error I see but I won't post here_ — mplungjan, Nov 02 '17 at 13:59
I made a minimal, complete and verifiable example. Please, have a look. — Jacobian, Nov 02 '17 at 14:06
I fixed your mcve and I see Edge dislikes the data protocol in the href — mplungjan, Nov 02 '17 at 14:23
I can't even test in IE11 - it does not like the snippet NOR the code in a jsfiddle. Saving the code into a file gives `The webpage cannot be displayed Most likely cause: •Some content or files on this webpage require a program that you don't have installed. ` — mplungjan, Nov 02 '17 at 14:26

"The data area passed to a system call is too small" when clicking on a link

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