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high 7.5

CVE-2006-1245 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2006-03-17 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1249

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
61.8%
EPSS 61.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, as demonstrated using onclick, aka the "Multiple Event Handler Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27433)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

61.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27433 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Script Action Handler Buffer Overflow dos, 2006-03-16
  • EDB-1838 Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013) dos, 2006-05-27
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17131 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/23964 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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