CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-4868
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-09-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Vector Markup Language (VML) file with a long fill parameter within a rect tag.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6.0
• microsoft outlook 2003
• microsoft internet explorer 5.0.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624 blogs.securiteam.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21989 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879 securitytracker.com
- http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html sunbeltblog.blogspot.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/28946 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624 blogs.securiteam.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21989 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879 securitytracker.com
- http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html sunbeltblog.blogspot.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/28946 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100 oval.cisecurity.org