CVE-2007-0811

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0811. PoCs published by AmesianX.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll via a malformed JavaScript 'for' loop, causing a crash (DoS) in Internet Explorer 6. The PoC is minimal and directly demonstrates the vulnerability.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an HTML document containing a certain JavaScript for loop with an empty loop body, possibly involving getElementById.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by AmesianX · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3272

This exploit triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll via a malformed JavaScript 'for' loop, causing a crash (DoS) in Internet Explorer 6. The PoC is minimal and directly demonstrates the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (mshtml.dll)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 6
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/37636
Exploit, URL Repurposed x_refsource_misc
http://www.powerhacker.net/exploit/IE_NULL_CRASH.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22408
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3272

Scores

EPSS 0.1725
EPSS Percentile 96.7%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/ie 6
microsoft/ie 6.0 sp2
Published Feb 07, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026