Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a…

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

68.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (28)

• http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20060328 EEYE: Temporary workaround for IE createTextRange vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20060328 Determina Fix for CVE-2006-1359 (Zero Day MS Internet Explorer Remote "CreateTextRange()" Code Execution) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• VU#876678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 24050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1178 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20060322 IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• TA06-101A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1702 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 18680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-7/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ie-createtextrange-command-execution(25379) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060327 Determina Fix for the IE createTextRange() bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 1015812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MS06-013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 20060322 IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20060322 FW: [Full-disclosure] IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20060323 Secunia Research: Microsoft Internet Explorer "createTextRange()"Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 17196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• Q-154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-1359](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-1359.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-1359)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:12 UTC.