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CVE-2006-4446

5.0
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
76.08%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

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.

Published: 8/30/2006
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

76.08%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 76.08% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other