Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain malformed HTML, possibly involving applet and base tags without required arguments, which triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll
Published Feb 23, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 17.25%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain malformed HTML, possibly involving applet and base tags without required arguments, which triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
- sp2
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 17.25% (0.17254) | 97.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 16.46% (0.16464) | 96.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 37.11% (0.37109) | 97.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 30.44% (0.30441) | 96.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 37.11% (0.37109) | 96.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 30.44% (0.30441) | 96.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 37.11% (0.37113) | 97.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 30.08% (0.30084) | 96.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 41.98% (0.41984) | 96.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 30.08% (0.30084) | 96.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 54.28% (0.54277) | 97.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 54.28% (0.54277) | 97.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2024 | 50.81% (0.50806) | 97.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 42.10% (0.42096) | 97.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 21.44% (0.21442) | 96.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 12.24% (0.12243) | 94.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 13.48% (0.13478) | 95.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 19, 2023 | 8.78% (0.08782) | 93.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 93.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 5.87% (0.05869) | 92.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 3.59% (0.03591) | 90.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 3.36% (0.03356) | 89.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02377) | 88.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 13.11% (0.13105) | 95.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 13.11% (0.13105) | 95.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 13.11% (0.13105) | 90.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2286 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435095/30/4710/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435129/30/4710/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18112 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26808 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2286 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435095/30/4710/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435129/30/4710/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18112 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26808 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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