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CVE-2006-4777

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, on Chinese and possibly other Windows distributions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

HIGH 7.6EPSS 79.8%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 79.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, on Chinese and possibly other Windows distributions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown manipulations in arguments to the KeyFrame method, possibly related to an integer overflow, as demonstrated by daxctle2, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4446.

CVSS 2.0
7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
79.78% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/ie
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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