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CVE-2006-4301
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Color attribute in multiple…
Medium5.0EPSS 39.1%
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Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Color attribute in multiple DirectX Media Image DirectX Transforms ActiveX COM Objects from (a) dxtmsft.dll and (b) dxtmsft3.dll, including (1) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MaskFilter.1, (2) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Chroma.1, and (3) DX3DTransform.Microsoft.Shapes.1.
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)
- 39.1% · top 1.4% 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
Affected products
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References (8)
- 29524 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060821 [XSec-06-09]: Internet Explorer Multiple COM Objects Color Property DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4251 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 19640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29525 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ie-com-color-dos(28516) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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