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CVE-2006-3591

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the URL property of a TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument object before it has been initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Exploit likelihood

26.2%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the URL property of a TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument object before it has been initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2006-3591
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the URL property of a TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument object before it has been initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2006-3591
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3586 No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the URL property of a TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument object before it has been initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
EUVD-2006-3586
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c378-5g73-8f9q No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the URL property of a TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument object before it has been initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
GHSA-c378-5g73-8f9q
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6 - TriEditDocument Denial of Service2006-07-11

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2006-3591 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published July 14, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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