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CVE-2006-3451 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004	CVE	PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27854	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html	CVE	PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004	[email protected]	PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27854	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html	[email protected]	PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft ie	5.0 sp4 6 windows_server_2003_sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:sp4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]