Microsoft Internet Explorer daxctle.ocx denial of service
| ie-daxctle-dos (28608) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap overflow when the DirectAnimation.PathControl COM object is instantiated as an ActiveX control with an invalid Spline method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a victim's browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6 SP1
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP4
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1 Itanium
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server Itanium
- Microsoft, Windows XP x64-Professional
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-067, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-067.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-072.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-016, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-016.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-027, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-027.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-033.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-057, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (939653) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-057.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-069, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-069.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (944533) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-010.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (947864) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-024.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-031, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-031.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-045.mspx.
- XSec Advisory XSec-06-10, Internet Explorer (daxctle.ocx) Heap Overflow Vulnerability at http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=19.
- ASA-2006-253: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2006 (MS06-66 - MS06-71)
- BID-19738: Microsoft Internet Explorer Daxctle.OCX Spline Method Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4446: 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.
- OSVDB ID: 28841: Microsoft IE daxctle.ocx Spline Function Call Overflow
- SA21910: Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016764: Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Buffer Overflow in `daxctle.ocx` ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#813588: Microsoft DirectAnimation Path ActiveX control Spline method integer overflow
Reported:
Aug 28, 2006
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