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CVE-2006-4446
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote…
Medium5.0EPSS 62.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.2% · 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 21910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20060827 [XSec-06-10]: Internet Explorer (daxctle.ocx) Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-daxctle-dos(28608) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28841 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:437 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS06-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1016764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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