CVE-2006-1992
First published: Tue Apr 25 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | =6.0.2900 |
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Reference Links
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- http://www.osvdb.org/27475
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded
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- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft internet explorer
- version/microsoft internet explorer/6.0.2900