CVE-2006-4446

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 62.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21910
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1468
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016764
http://www.osvdb.org/28841
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444504/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19738
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28608
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A437
http://secunia.com/advisories/21910

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