CVE-2006-6310 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier versions. An attacker can crash the browser by providing an invalid "src" attribute value ("?") within an HTML frame tag, especially when combined with a large "rows" attribute in the frameset tag. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial impact on availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-29229) exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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