Vulnerability CVE-2006-4446
Published: 2006-08-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Internet Explorer (daxctle.ocx) Heap Overflow Vulnerability
nop (nop xsec or...
31.08.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1468
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016764
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444504/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19738
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28608
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A437
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