CVE-2006-1245
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.618 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, as demonstrated using onclick, aka the "Multiple Event Handler Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-1838Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-27433Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Script Action Handler Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (38)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0855.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18957enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19269enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015794enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/984473enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/23964enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428810/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453436/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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