CVE-2006-4446
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.
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/21910
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1468
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016764
- http://www.osvdb.org/28841
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444504/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19738
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28608
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A437
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