CVE-2006-1016: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0 only

Published 2006-03-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.