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CVE-2006-3451
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to…
High7.5EPSS 41.2%
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- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to construct a chain of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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)
- 41.2% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (6 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060808 ZDI-06-026: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple CSS Imports Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#262004 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 21396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1343 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 27854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 19316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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