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    CVE-2006-2382

    Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 encoded HTML that results in size discrepancies during conversion to Unicode, aka "HTML Decoding Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

    Published:Jun 13, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 13, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.65921
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/20595
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849
    http://www.osvdb.org/26443
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1752
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1862
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1906
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1931
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20595
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849
    http://www.osvdb.org/26443
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1752
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1862
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1906
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1931

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High