01 Record
CVE-2006-1992
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 40.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-25 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dd45e6d82a701c1e4056647de1d34c8b4f731f1db6b9f2f81020d2430fc43615
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.grok.org.uk20060423 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html
- securityreason.com781http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781
- securitytracker.com1016001http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001
- securitytracker.com1016291http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- www.securityfocus.com20060422 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded
- www.osvdb.org27475http://www.osvdb.org/27475
- archives.neohapsis.com20060422 Re: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1507http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-021https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- secunia.com19762http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-object-memory-corruption(25978)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978
- www.securityfocus.com17658http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658