CVE-2006-1992
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption
Severity Score
2.6
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
3
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-04-22 First Exploit
- 2006-04-24 CVE Reserved
- 2006-04-25 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-14 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
References (13)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html | Mailing List | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html | Mailing List | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/27475 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded | Mailing List | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27727 | 2006-04-22 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658 | 2024-08-07 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19762 | 2021-07-23 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291 | 2021-07-23 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507 | 2021-07-23 | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021 | 2021-07-23 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 6.0.2900 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6.0.2900" | - |
Affected
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