CVE-2006-5579: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Dec 12 2006(Updated: )
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."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | =6 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
- http://www.osvdb.org/30813
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded
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