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CVE-2006-1245
Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 61.8%
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- microsoft
Description
Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, as demonstrated using onclick, aka the "Multiple Event Handler Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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)
- 61.8% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (5 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
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- affected n/a
References (19)
- 1015794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061205 Re: MS Internet Explorer 6.0 (mshtml.dll) Denial of Service Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19269 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060325 Re: [optimized PoC] Remote overflow in MSIE script action handlers (mshtml.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA06-101A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-mshtml-bo(25292) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060316 Remote overflow in MSIE script action handlers (mshtml.dll) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1599 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20061203 MS Internet Explorer 6.0 (mshtml.dll) Denial of Service Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#984473 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS06-013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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