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CVE-2006-1016
Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before…
High7.5EPSS 67.0%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.0% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 16870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ie-iscomponentinstalled-bo(24923) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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