CVE-2006-1719 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 6 by sending malicious CSS scrollbar properties, requiring user interaction to view the content.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1719?
CVE-2006-1719 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 11 Apr 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
Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via any scrollbar Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) property.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1719?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1719?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1719 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1719 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1719 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c493-mfwx-x6xg.