CVE-2006-1992
LOWEPSS 98th pctlDescription
mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested OBJECT tags, which trigger invalid pointer dereferences including NULL dereferences. NOTE: the possibility of code execution was originally theorized, but Microsoft has stated that this issue is non-exploitable.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- http://www.osvdb.org/27475
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978
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