CVE-2006-3915 (GCVE-0-2006-3915)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by iterating over any native function, as demonstrated with the window.alert function, which triggers a null dereference.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2955 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19140 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-25-na… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.osvdb.org/27373 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
Date Public
2006-07-25 00:00
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