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CVE-2006-3638

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."

Published

2006-08-08T23:04:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	ie	6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	ie	6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0.1	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0.1	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0.1	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0.1	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0.1	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21396 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/27852 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340 ([email protected])
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A719 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/27852 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A719 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)