CVE-2006-0544

N/A Unknown
Published: February 04, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to "file://" followed by a large number of "-" (dash of hyphen) characters.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16463
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16463
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
26.5%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft