CVE-2006-4446 in Internet Explorer

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.

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Reservation

08/29/2006

Disclosure

08/29/2006

Status

Confirmed

Entries

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
84652	Microsoft Internet Explorer daxctle.ocx spline memory corruption	119	Attacked	Official fix	CVE-2006-4446
2542	Microsoft Internet Explorer daxctle.ocx KeyFrame heap-based overflow	122	Attacked	Official fix	CVE-2006-4446

Sources

• MITRE
• NVD
• CVE Details