CVE-2006-6659 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause Internet Explorer 7 to hang via crafted HTML exploiting the Outlook Recipient ActiveX control.
- 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-2006-6659?
CVE-2006-6659 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 20 Dec 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
The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient ActiveX control (ole32.dll) in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 hang) via crafted HTML.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6659?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6659 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-2006-6659 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6659 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq94-vv2j-8hwc.