CVE-2006-5579

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

12/12/2006

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete