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CVE-2006-1992 (GCVE-0-2006-1992)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-25 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:35
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.osvdb.org/27475 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://secunia.com/advisories/19762 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-04-22 00:00
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