CVE-2006-3471

high

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27592

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2701

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18873

http://www.osvdb.org/26837

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-7-tableframeset.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-10

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.4494