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    CVE-2006-5579

    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."

    Published:Dec 12, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 12, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.58877
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2003

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
    http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832
    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
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966
    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
    http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832
    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
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966
    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

    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