CVE-2006-5579 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer2 documents2 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
58.9%
top 1.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
Latest updateMay 1

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."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-2jpf-534j-2fvc: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which resu↗2022-05-01
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CVE-2006-5579 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase