VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-6956

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 10.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.5%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 10.53% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: microsoft/internet explorer
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0085.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26898
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0085.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26898

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