CVE-2006-7065

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IFRAME with a certain XML file and XSL stylesheet that triggers a crash in mshtml.dll when a refresh is called, probably a null pointer dereference.

Published: 2007-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-7065 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.93%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-7065

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28343 exploit_db edb 2006-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7065

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 2026-06-15 18.00% 19.93% +1.94%
2 2025-10-16 17.74% 18.00% +0.26%
3 2025-03-30 17.74%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7065

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-2006-7065

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-7065

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:microsoft_windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_xp_professional_64bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_98:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_98_se:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_millennium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_xpsp1:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_2000_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1_itanium:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1_itanium_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_xp_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:windows_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:windowsxp:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:windows_xp_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7:*:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7:windows_2000_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7:windows_xp_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:windows_xp_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2600 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2800 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2800.1106 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900.2180 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
canon network_camera_server_vb101 cpe:2.3:h:canon:network_camera_server_vb101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7065

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