CVE-2006-4495

high

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28512

http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443896/100/100/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1474

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-31

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.54991