CVE-2006-3512

high

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the Enabled property of a DXTFilter ActiveX object to true, which triggers a null dereference.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27623

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2732

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-11

Updated: 2025-04-03

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: 0.25485