CVE-2006-5579
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 31.8%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 31.8% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5564)
- Published
- December 12, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5564 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows server 2003
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/30813
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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