Is CVE-2006-1016 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-1016 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-1016?

CVE-2006-1016 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-1016?

CVE-2006-1016 has an EPSS score of 66.67% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-1016

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

66.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled
http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16870
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24923

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.