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…
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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
- 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. Refreshed daily.