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CVE-2006-6311 (GCVE-0-2006-6311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a style attribute in an HTML table tag with a width value that is dynamically calculated using JavaScript.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1968 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453642/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453643/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21466 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453772/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/31326 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2006-12-06 00:00
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