CVE-2006-2382

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."

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 71.76% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory zerodayinitiative.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1931 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/20595 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1621 vdb entry signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/136849 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1862 vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1906 vdb entry signature
http://www.osvdb.org/26443 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436985/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26766 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18309 vdb entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1414 vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1752 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2382?
CVE-2006-2382 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2382?
To fix CVE-2006-2382, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2382 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2382 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~72% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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