CVE-2006-6311 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 26.5% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a style attribute in an HTML table tag with a width value that is dynamically calculated using JavaScript.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 26.49% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - CSS Width Element Denial of Service | 2006-12-06 |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1968
- http://www.osvdb.org/31326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453642/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453643/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453772/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21466
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1968
- http://www.osvdb.org/31326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453642/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453643/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453772/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21466
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