CVE-2006-7066
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 22.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7048)
- Published
- March 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7048 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html(Broken Link)
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554(Permissions Required)
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html(Broken Link)
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/27533(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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