CVE-2006-2383

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
69.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: June 13, 2006 (7274 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected data" related to "parameter validation" in the DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX control, which causes Internet Explorer to crash in a way that enables the code execution.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com