CVE-2006-7066

High

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedMar 2, 2007
First seenMar 2, 2007

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorer6.0—

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CVE-2006-7066 · Microsoft Internet Explorer · Dark Radar