CVE-2006-7066
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
- Record
CVE-2006-7066- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
- Record
CVE-2006-7066- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-7048 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
- Record
EUVD-2006-7048- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7jhv-xq3r-8h9q No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
- Record
GHSA-7jhv-xq3r-8h9q- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Deleted Frame Object Denial of Service | 2006-07-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-7066 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published February 27, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.2%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
websecurity.com.ua/3130
securityfocus.com/bid/19228
browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068
osvdb.org/27533
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7066
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jhv-xq3r-8h9q