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
EPSS: 0.311 (98.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6
- Microsoft Windows_server_2003
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)