CVE-2006-3638
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 36.8%EU EUVD
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 does not properly handle uninitialized COM objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the Nth function in the DirectAnimation.DATuple ActiveX control, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 36.8% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3633)
- Published
- August 8, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3633 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/27852
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A719
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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