Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2006-5579
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which results in the access of previously freed memory, aka "Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.318 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.311 · newest: 0.318 · change: +0.007
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/30813 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:761 (signature, vdb-entry)