CVE-2006-3471
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 20.78% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 July 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/ie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 20.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-7-tableframeset.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/26837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18873
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2701
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27592
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-7-tableframeset.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/26837
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18873
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2701
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27592
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.