CVE-2006-1189

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
54.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 11, 2006 (7337 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL with an International Domain Name (IDN) using double-byte character sets (DBCS), aka the "Double Byte Character Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com