CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-3638
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 does not properly handle uninitialized COM objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the Nth function in the DirectAnimation.DATuple ActiveX control, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft ie 6.0
• microsoft internet explorer 5.0.1
• microsoft internet explorer 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27852 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html www.tippingpoint.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A719 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27852 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html www.tippingpoint.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A719 oval.cisecurity.org