CVE-2006-1188 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6, affecting various Canon and Microsoft products that utilize these IE components. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting specific HTML elements. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, it represents a high-severity risk, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors for exploitation, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-1838), indicating a clear path for adversaries, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.1:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.2.3:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_xp_professional_64bit:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_xpsp1:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_2000_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.