CVE-2006-1992

Low

Description

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.

SeverityLow

CVSS2.6

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Internet Explorer

PublishedApr 25, 2006

First seenApr 25, 2006

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_explorer	6.0.2900	—

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