MS.IE.Nested.OBJECT.Tag.Handling.Memory.Corruption
Description
Indicates a possible attempt at exploiting a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer which leads to a denial of service (crash) or the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is found when using nested OBJECT tags, which can trigger invalid pointer dererences including NULL dereferences.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2.
Impact
System compromise or Denial of service.
Recommended Actions
Microsoft has released a security update that fixes this vulnerability.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-021.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |