Microsoft Internet Explorer DirectAnimation.DAUserData ActiveX object denial of service
| ie-directanimation-dauserdata-dos (27622) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference that can occur when processing a malformed DirectAnimation.DAUserData ActiveX object that references a non-initialized 'Data' property. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a victim's browser to crash, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Browser Fun Blog Saturday, July 08, 2006: MoBB #9: DirectAnimation.DAUserData Data .
- BID-18902: Microsoft Internet Explorer DirectAnimation.DAUserData Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3513: danim.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing the Data property of a DirectAnimation DAUserData object before it is initialized, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
- OSVDB ID: 27013: Microsoft IE DirectAnimation.DAUserData Data Property NULL Dereference
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2719: Microsoft Internet Explorer DirectAnimation Control Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Reported:
Jul 08, 2006
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