CVE-2006-0830
The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page that contains a recurrent call to an infinite loop in Javascript or VBscript, which…
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Description
The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page that contains a recurrent call to an infinite loop in Javascript or VBscript, which consumes the stack, as demonstrated by resetting the "location" variable within the loop.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.28% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.