CVEs / CVE-2006-5581
CVE-2006-5581: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 9.3 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 38.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 10 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 9.3 highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
|---|
References
- CVE-2006-5581 on NVD
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23288 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347448 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/30814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454210/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21546
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A116
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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