CVE-2006-5579
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2006-5579- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2006-5579- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5564 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2006-5564- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2jpf-534j-2fvc No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using...
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."
- Record
GHSA-2jpf-534j-2fvc- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-5579 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published December 12, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.5%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
osvdb.org/30813
securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
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docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A761
securitytracker.com/id?1017373
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5579
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jpf-534j-2fvc