Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Priority HIGH 77CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.68337 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 sp1 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 sp2 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 beta_2 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 beta_2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-1359
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-43v5-w42f-65jx
References
Other 13
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1678
- ADV-2006-1050
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:985
- 24050
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1178
- 20060322 IE crash
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1702
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1657
- 20060327 Determina Fix for the IE createTextRange() bug
- 20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution
- 20060322 FW: [Full-disclosure] IE crash
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx
- ADV-2006-1318
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- TI-2004-00183 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Task Scheduler for Windows 2000 and XP, and Internet… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-00210 The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-01146 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-03617 Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2007-01691 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2006-1359 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-1359 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-43v5-w42f-65jx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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