CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5579
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-12
- 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
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20807 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/30813 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20807 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/30813 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761 oval.cisecurity.org