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CVE-2006-0753

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via JavaScript that uses setInterval to repeatedly call a function to set the value of window.status.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_xp_sp2

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/23307
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424959/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24846
• http://www.osvdb.org/23307
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424959/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24846

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