CVE-2006-5581
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 36.3%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function 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- EPSS score
- 36.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5566)
- 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-2006-5566 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23288(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347448(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/30814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454210/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21546
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A116
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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