Vulnerability Name:

CCN-24162

Published:2006-01-14
Updated:2006-01-14
Summary:Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a NULL pointer dereference that could occur when processing certain specially-crafted Web pages. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious Web page containing specially-crafted IMG and XML elements, which would cause a victim's browser to crash once the page is viewed.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: Inge Henricksen's Technology Blog 1/14/2006
Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 5 & 6 Remote Denial of Service (DoS) using IMG & XML elements

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, 2006-01-14 23:33:45
Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 5 & 6 Remote Denial of Service

Source: CCN
Type: BID-16240
Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IMG and XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-img-xml-dos(24162)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:preview:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft ie 5.0
    microsoft ie 5.5 preview
    microsoft ie 5.5
    microsoft ie 5.5 sp1
    microsoft ie 6.0
    microsoft ie 5.1
    microsoft ie 5.5 sp2
    microsoft ie 6.0 sp1
    microsoft ie 6.0 sp2
    microsoft ie 5.0.1
    microsoft ie 5.0.1 sp1
    microsoft ie 5.0.1 sp2
    microsoft ie 5.0.1 sp3
    microsoft ie 5.0.1 sp4