CVE-2006-4301 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by sending a long Color attribute to specific DirectX ActiveX controls, requiring user interaction to view the malicious 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-2006-4301?
CVE-2006-4301 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 23 Aug 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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Color attribute in multiple DirectX Media Image DirectX Transforms ActiveX COM Objects from (a) dxtmsft.dll and (b) dxtmsft3.dll, including (1) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MaskFilter.1, (2) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Chroma.1, and (3) DX3DTransform.Microsoft.Shapes.1.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4301?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4301?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4301 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-2006-4301 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-4301 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhjw-h29g-6j5j.