CVE-2006-1992

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

40.4%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Internet Explorer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-399

Published

2006-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 40.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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