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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2382

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 encoded HTML that results in size discrepancies during conversion to Unicode, aka "HTML Decoding…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 48.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 encoded HTML that results in size discrepancies during conversion to Unicode, aka "HTML Decoding Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
48.57% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.