CVE-2006-3512

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Published Jul 11, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 24.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the Enabled property of a DXTFilter ActiveX object to true, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 24.3% (24.274% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/27014
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18903
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2732
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27623

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Xp

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:30 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 11, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:30 PM
Reserved: Jul 11, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 11, 2006, 10:05 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

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