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CVE-2006-5559

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2006-10-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3, 2.7 SP1, 2.8, and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 2003 ServerMicrosoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Data Access Components

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References