CVE-2006-4868

Summary

CVECVE-2006-4868
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-09-19 19:07:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 12:55:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Vector Markup Language (VML) file with a long fill parameter within a rect tag.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp4 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Outlook 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Outlook 2003 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All

References

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Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus HP www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SunbeltBLOG: Seen in the wild: Zero Day exploit being used to infect PCs MISC sunbeltblog.blogspot.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer Vector Markup Language Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
MS06-055: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language could allow remote code execution MSKB support.microsoft.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-055 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
28946 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-262A -- Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Buffer Overflow CERT www.us-cert.gov Patch, US Government Resource
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecuriTeam Blogs » Internet Explorer VML Zero-Day Mitigation MISC blogs.securiteam.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Vector Graphics Rendering Library Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#416092 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. CONFIRM www.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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