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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2006-4446 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote att…

published 2006-08-30 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4434

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
62.2%
EPSS 62.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object (daxctle.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Spline function call whose first argument specifies a large number of points.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28438)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

62.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28438 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Daxctle.OCX Spline Method Heap Buffer Overflow remote, 2006-08-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19738 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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