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CVE-2006-1245

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 61.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-03-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0855.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18957
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19269
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015794
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/984473
• http://www.osvdb.org/23964
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428810/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453436/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453554/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17131
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318

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