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,...
- Published
- Apr 25, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 22, 2006
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Michal Zalewski · windows · Apr 22, 2006
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