Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-6956
Potential exploit
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags, a related issue to CVE-2006-2723.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2006-6956
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6956
11.89%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6956
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2006-6956
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2006-6956
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26898
Mozilla Firefox HTML marquee tag denial of service CVE-2006-6956 Vulnerability Report
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0085.html
Exploit;Vendor Advisory
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