Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference
Published Feb 27, 2007
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 22.24%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 1, 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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 22.24% (0.22238) | 97.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 21.60% (0.21601) | 97.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 35.64% (0.35639) | 96.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 33.64% (0.33636) | 95.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 35.64% (0.35639) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 41.80% (0.41803) | 97.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 33.58% (0.33581) | 97.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 15.39% (0.15389) | 96.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 20.31% (0.20309) | 96.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 21.96% (0.21962) | 96.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 24, 2023 | 17.11% (0.17113) | 95.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 17, 2023 | 15.65% (0.15654) | 95.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 15.95% (0.15947) | 95.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 14.76% (0.14764) | 94.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2023 | 12.13% (0.12126) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 9.16% (0.09164) | 93.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.20% (0.09201) | 93.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 97.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 96.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554 x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/27533 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link | |
| http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554 | x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required | |
| http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html | x_refsource_MISCBroken Link | |
| http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/27533 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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