CVE-2006-2382
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
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
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Start freeThis 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.