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…
Does this matter?
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 48.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20595Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/26443
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1752
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1862
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1906
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1931
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20595Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/26443
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.