CVE-2006-0830

Internet Explorer - Remote Code Execution via Recurrent Infinite Loop in Scripting Engine

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687

Scores

EPSS 0.1450
EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0.2900
Published Feb 21, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026