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01 Record

CVE-2006-6956

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.

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
10.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% 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
2007-01-29 16:00Z19 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-07 20:50Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2007-01-29
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
2477dc062d2c617218d2978b6fa5ff7d2022040603db737d3b3e5dca19466b9d

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

06 References