CVE-2006-6956 json
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nes…
published 2007-01-29 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6939
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 10.6%
- EPSS 10.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
10.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0085.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
-
archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0085.html
mailing-list, exploit, vendor-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/26898
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-6956
- NVD CVE-2006-6956
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