CVE-2006-0830 — Infinite Loop in Microsoft Internet Explorer

2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
21.8%
top 4.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedFeb 21
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page that contains a recurrent call to an infinite loop in Javascript or VBscript, which consumes the stack, as demonstrated by resetting the "location" variable within the loop.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-p6m5-7rpv-gjcj: The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary c↗2022-05-01
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