VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-1016
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability66.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-03-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.