CVE-2006-3873Improper 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
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

Affected Packages2 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p2jw-xr8p-fh9v: Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON2022-05-01
CVEList
CVE-2006-3873: Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON2006-09-12
CVE-2006-3873 — Microsoft IE vulnerability | cvebase