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CVE-1999-1578

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Registration Wizard ActiveX control (regwizc.dll, InvokeRegWizard) 3.0.0.0 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0.1, 5.0

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37556
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/671
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3311
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37556
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/671
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3311

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