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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2006-1992 json

mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested…

published 2006-04-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1992

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
40.8%
EPSS 40.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27727)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

40.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27727 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption dos, 2006-04-22
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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