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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-04-25

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• 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