CVE-2006-4868 (GCVE-0-2006-4868)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-19 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Vector Markup Language (VML) file with a long fill parameter within a rect tag.
References
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MSKB
http://secunia.com/advisories/21989 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
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http://www.osvdb.org/28946 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
Impacted products
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