CVE-2006-3873 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft IE
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
46.2%
top 2.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 12
Latest updateMay 1
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.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4