CVE-2006-1992

Published Apr 25, 2006

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.6
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-399

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "7B90EA4B-DA10-44B7-BD3D-6AE1197212D5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References