CVE-2006-1189

Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013)

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL with an International Domain Name (IDN) using double-byte character sets (DBCS), aka the "Double Byte Character Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-03-13 CVE Reserved
2006-04-11 CVE Published
2006-05-27 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0227.html	Mailing List
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015900	Vdb Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341028	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17454	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25551	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1020	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1484	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A792	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1838	2006-05-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18957	2021-07-23
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318	2021-07-23
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013	2021-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.01 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.01"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.5 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.5"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				6.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6.0"		-		Affected