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CVE-2006-3915
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by iterating over any native…
Medium5.0EPSS 21.6%
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- mitre
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by iterating over any native function, as demonstrated with the window.alert function, which triggers a null dereference.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 21.6% · top 2.4% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- ie-function-iteration-dos(27932) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2955 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-25-native-function-iterator.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
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