CVE-2006-3451

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to construct a chain of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.54482

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft ieall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD08 Aug 2006 · 11:04 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://secunia.com/advisories/21396Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004PatchUS Government Resource

http://www.osvdb.org/27854

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlPatchUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212Vendor Advisory

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5

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