CVE-2006-5579: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 31.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which results in the access of previously freed memory, aka "Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6 only

Published 2006-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.