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CVE-2006-5559

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CVE-2006-5559

Published: Oct 27, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3, 2.7 SP1, 2.8, and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

1017127
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
MS07-009
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
20704
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:214
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
22452
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
TA07-044A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
VU#589272
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
31882
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
ADV-2007-0578
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN

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