CVE-2006-4193

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 47.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating COM objects as ActiveX controls, including (1) imskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), (2) chtskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), and (3) msoe.dll (Outlook), which leads to memory corruption. NOTE: it is not certain whether the issue is in Internet Explorer or the individual DLL files.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1402
http://www.osvdb.org/29345
http://www.osvdb.org/29346
http://www.osvdb.org/29347
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443290/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443295/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443299/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19521
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19529
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19530
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=10
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=8

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