CVE-2006-1992 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.55557.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Internet Explorer Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-25T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:30.140Z

Reserved: 2006-04-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-1992

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-04-25T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1992

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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