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CVE-2006-3638

N/A

Published: August 8, 2006 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerIe

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 37%

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 does not properly handle uninitialized COM objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the Nth function in the DirectAnimation.DATuple ActiveX control, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ie · Microsoft

95%

6.0 sp1 6.0 sp2

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

5.0.1 5.0.1 sp1 5.0.1 sp2 5.0.1 sp3 5.0.1 sp4 6.0 6.0 sp1 6.0 sp2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/21396

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://www.osvdb.org/27852

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442728/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19340

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-09.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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