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CVE-2006-1189
Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
High10.0EPSS 61.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL with an International Domain Name (IDN) using double-byte character sets (DBCS), aka the "Double Byte Character Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060411 Microsoft Internet Explorer DBCS Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-double-byte-execute-code(25551) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA06-101A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 17454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS06-013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#341028 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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