Unscored severity · published Sep 12, 2006
CVE-2006-3873
Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions the MS06-042 patch before 20060912, allows remote attackers…
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CVSS
29.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions the MS06-042 patch before 20060912, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL in a GZIP-encoded website that was the target of an HTTP redirect, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3869.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)29.4% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
IE · Microsoft
6.0 · source: NVD
W2
Windows 2000 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
W2
Windows 2003 Server · Microsoft
64-bit; itanium; r2; sp1; sp1 · source: NVD
WX
Windows XP · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3873
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3873
research.eeye.com
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
Patch
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
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