CVE-2006-3869

Published Aug 23, 2006

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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 20060824, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL on a website that uses HTTP 1.1 compression.
Source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "24DF2AB3-DEAB-4D70-986E-FFBB7E64B96A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References