CVE-2006-1245
Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 61.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1838dos, windowspublished 27 May 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Script Action Handler Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27433dos, windowspublished 16 Mar 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1249 (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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