CVE-2006-2218: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 32.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0 only

Published 2006-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.