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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5820 · published 2 April 2007

CVE-2006-5820: Aol vulnerability

Aol · Aol

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.4% · top 5.2%
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
8.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/34318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347
http://osvdb.org/34318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5820), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.