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CVE-2006-3545 (GCVE-0-2006-3545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:30 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a web page with multiple empty APPLET start tags. NOTE: a third party has disputed this issue, stating that the crash does not occur with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta3
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438865/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438754/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2006-06-29 00:00
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