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CVE-2006-5581 Details

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23288 CVEVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A116 CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347448 CVEUS Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft internet explorer
<= 6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5581
NVD Published Date:
Dec 12, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-5581 Details - Not Deferred