# CVE-2006-0585: Null dereference in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer via a malicious Shockwave Flash object triggering a null dereference in jscript.dll.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c25-hrfv-m2p9

## What is CVE-2006-0585?

CVE-2006-0585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 8 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

jscript.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Shockwave Flash object that contains ActionScript code that calls VBScript, which in turn calls the Javascript document.write function, which triggers a null dereference.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0585?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-0585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-0585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer

- [CVE-2014-1776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1776/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-27085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27085/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0222/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0210/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0149/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-0585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 8 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Explorer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0585/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0585

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0585/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.