CVE-2006-5579
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-12 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:55
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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."
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