EIP-2026-115708

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - PRE Tag Multiple Single Tags Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-115708. PoCs published by Markus Heer.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This HTML file exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, causing it to crash. The exploit leverages malformed HTML tags within a `<pre>` block to trigger the crash.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - PRE Tag Multiple Single Tags Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Markus Heer · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1372

This HTML file exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, causing it to crash. The exploit leverages malformed HTML tags within a `<pre>` block to trigger the crash.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer (version unspecified, likely older versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the HTML file in a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026