CVE-2006-4301
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 39.1% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4289)
- Published
- August 23, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4289 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1439
- http://www.osvdb.org/29524
- http://www.osvdb.org/29525
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443907/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19640(Exploit)
- http://xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=17(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28516
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4251
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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