CVE-2006-1992

LowCVSS 2.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested OBJECT tags, which trigger invalid pointer dereferences including NULL dereferences. NOTE: the possibility of code execution was originally theorized, but Microsoft has stated that this issue is non-exploitable.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 25, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-1992: Low severity, CVSS 2.6 | Vulnix