CVE-2006-4495

CVE-2006-4495 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, affecting Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Server. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption by instantiating specific ActiveX COM objects like ciodm.dll. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.