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CVE-2006-2218 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

Failed exploit attempts will likely crash the affected application.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19762 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338828 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/27475 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1078 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1728 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1765 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1768 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1845 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1961 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2218
NVD Published Date:
05/05/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE