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CVE-2006-0830
The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute…
High7.5EPSS 14.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.3% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20060218 Re: Stack overflow vulnerability in Internet Explorer exploitable trough VBScript and JScript scripting engines. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-script-engine-stack-dos(24788) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060216 Stack overflow vulnerability in Internet Explorer exploitable trough VBScript and JScript scripting engines. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16687 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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