CVE-2006-7206 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 22.1% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a ADODB.Recordset object and making a series of calls to the NextRecordset method with a long string argument, which causes an "invalid memory access" in the SysFreeString function, a different issue than CVE-2006-3510 and CVE-2006-3899.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 22.09% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-06-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer - Recordset Double-Free Memory (MS07-009) | 2007-03-26 |
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-29-adodbrecordset-nextrecordset.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27532
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28066
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-29-adodbrecordset-nextrecordset.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27532
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28066
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