CVE-2006-3511

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the fonts property of the HtmlDlgSafeHelper object, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0, 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-11-htmldlgsafehelper-fonts.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18929
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27649
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-11-htmldlgsafehelper-fonts.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18929
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27649

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