Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 5, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2218
CVE-2006-2218
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =6.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- secunia.com/advisories/19762nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisorynvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338828nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/27475nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1078nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1728nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1765nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1768nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1845nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1961nvd
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