FKIE_CVE-2006-5820

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-02 22:19 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/34318
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24714
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/34318
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
aol aol 9.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467",
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