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CVE-2006-1992

low · 2.6

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.

2.6
CVSS
40.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2006-04-25
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer6.0.2900

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References

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