CVE-2006-1189
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · Memory corruption
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL with an International Domain Name (IDN) using double-byte character sets (DBCS), aka the "Double Byte Character Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)61%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18957Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0227.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015900
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341028
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17454
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013