CVE-2006-3511 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2. Remote attackers can crash the browser by manipulating the 'fonts' property of the HtmlDlgSafeHelper object, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, resulting in a partial impact (denial of service). While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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