CVE-2006-4446
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 62.2%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 62.2% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4434)
- Published
- August 30, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21910
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1468
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016764
- http://www.osvdb.org/28841
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444504/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19738(Exploit)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28608
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A437
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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