Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-3451

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to construct a chain of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Ie2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Internet Explorerllm-fuzzy
Range: 5 SP4, 6

Patches

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References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004nvdPatchUS Government Resource
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlnvdPatchUS Government Resource
secunia.com/advisories/21396nvdVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212nvdVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1343nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.osvdb.org/27854nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316nvd
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.htmlnvd
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5nvd

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