{
    "id": "CVE-2006-1992",
    "published": "2006-04-25 01:02:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:24:05",
    "cvss_score": "2.6",
    "cvss_severity": "LOW",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.40431",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98601",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "internet_explorer"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "27727",
            "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption",
            "date": "2006-04-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27727"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html",
        "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19762",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/27475",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0616.html",
        "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045422.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19762",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/781",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016001",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/27475",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431796/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17658",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1507",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25978"
    ]
}