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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."

Published

2006-12-12T20:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2003	*	No
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20807 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/30813 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20807 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/30813 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)