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CVE-2006-5579
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors…
High9.3EPSS 31.8%
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- microsoft
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."
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)
- 31.8% · top 1.7% 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#599832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 30813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MS06-072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20061212 Secunia Research: Internet Explorer Script Error Handling MemoryCorruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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