FKIE_CVE-2006-0830

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-02-21 23:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:21
Severity
Summary
The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page that contains a recurrent call to an infinite loop in Javascript or VBscript, which consumes the stack, as demonstrated by resetting the "location" variable within the loop.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900
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