CVE - CVE-2006-0830

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-0830	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The scripting engine in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page that contains a recurrent call to an infinite loop in Javascript or VBscript, which consumes the stack, as demonstrated by resetting the "location" variable within the loop.
References
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BID:16687 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16687 BUGTRAQ:20060216 Stack overflow vulnerability in Internet Explorer exploitable trough VBScript and JScript scripting engines. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425283/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20060218 Re: Stack overflow vulnerability in Internet Explorer exploitable trough VBScript and JScript scripting engines. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425378/100/0/threaded XF:ie-script-engine-stack-dos(24788) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24788
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060221	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060221)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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