HIGH
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."
Published Jun 13, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 48.57%
Description
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."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.01
- 6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
48.57% 0.48569
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.48569
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 48.57% (0.48569) | 98.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 48.57% (0.48569) | 98.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 65.92% (0.65921) | 98.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 63.85% (0.63850) | 98.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 71.76% (0.71762) | 98.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 70.58% (0.70575) | 98.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 58.92% (0.58919) | 97.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 70.58% (0.70575) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 91.62% (0.91617) | 99.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2024 | 79.19% (0.79194) | 98.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 85.13% (0.85133) | 98.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 81.75% (0.81752) | 98.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2023 | 81.77% (0.81773) | 97.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 84.09% (0.84088) | 97.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20595 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/26443 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1752 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1862 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1906 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1931 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Jun 13, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 15, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2382
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a