CVE-2006-4301 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-08-23

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 39.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.39378.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=17
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28516
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4251

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-23T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.635Z

Reserved: 2006-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4301

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-23T01:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4301

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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