CVE-2006-5820

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.

Affected products

AOL: 9.0

References

http://osvdb.org/34318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347
http://osvdb.org/34318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513

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