CVE-2006-1992

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 v2.0

2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

40.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2006-04-25

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27727

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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