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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-3511

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.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 21.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
21.64% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.