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CVE-2006-5579

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2006-12-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which results in the access of previously freed memory, aka "Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References