CVE-2006-7065 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, affecting versions including IE 6.0 and 7.0, as well as Canon products integrating IE components. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the browser (mshtml.dll) by embedding a specially crafted IFRAME that references an XML file and XSL stylesheet, likely triggering a null pointer dereference upon refresh. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it represents a medium-severity vulnerability that is easily exploitable remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or currently active on the Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:microsoft_windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_xp_professional_64bit:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_98:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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