CVE-2006-1992
mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 40.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested OBJECT tags, which trigger invalid pointer dereferences including NULL dereferences. NOTE: the possibility of code execution was originally theorized, but Microsoft has stated that this issue is non-exploitable.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27727dos, windowspublished 22 Apr 2006Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 40.8% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 20060423 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1016001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060422 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060422 Re: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 19762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ie-object-memory-corruption(25978) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-1992 (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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