CVE-2006-1992

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1992
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-25 01:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionmshtml.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.555570000 probability, percentile 0.980890000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Full-disclosure] MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
www.osvdb.org/27475 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Internet Explorer Exception Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory and Access Control Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
SecurityReason - MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bug in Processing Nested OBJECT Tags Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0616 - Re: [Full-disclosure] MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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