CVE-2006-7030 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer by sending malformed HTML, causing a denial of service via null pointer dereference.
- 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-2006-7030?
CVE-2006-7030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 23 Feb 2007. 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 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain malformed HTML, possibly involving applet and base tags without required arguments, which triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7030?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-7030?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-7030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56v8-j2rr-h3vp.