CVE-2006-1992

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

mshtml.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.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0.2900

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
http://www.osvdb.org/27475
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978

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