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CVE-2006-2218
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
High9.3EPSS 33.1%
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- mitre
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.1% · top 1.6% 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 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2319 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA06-164A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20060614 Secunia Resaerch: Internet Explorer Exception Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#338828 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS06-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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