CVE-2006-0753

medium

Description

Memory leak in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via JavaScript that uses setInterval to repeatedly call a function to set the value of window.status.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24846

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424959/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/23307

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-18

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.16941