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CVE-2006-1016

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0

References

• http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled
• http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16870
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24923
• http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled
• http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16870
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24923

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