{"cve":"CVE-2006-5559","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-27T16:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:31:26.557","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/27/adodb-connection-poc-published.aspx","http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061027.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/22452","http://securitytracker.com/id?1017127","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589272"],"products":["microsoft:data_access_components"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5559","score":0.43619,"percentile":0.98741,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}