CVE-2006-6311

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a style attribute in an HTML table tag with a width value that is dynamically calculated using JavaScript.

Published: 2006-12-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6311 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.87%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6311

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29236 exploit_db edb 2006-12-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6311

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-18 44.43% 44.87% +0.44%
2 2025-12-19 45.68% 44.43% -1.25%
3 2025-07-25 — 45.68% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6311

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6311

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6311

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6311: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6311

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6311

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900.2180 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6311

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