CVE-2006-3873

high · 7.5

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.

7.5

CVSS

29.4%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

98th

EPSS percentile

2006-09-12

Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
microsoft	ie	6.0
microsoft	windows_2000	all versions
microsoft	windows_2003_server	64-bit
microsoft	windows_2003_server	itanium
microsoft	windows_2003_server	r2
microsoft	windows_2003_server	sp1
microsoft	windows_2003_server	sp1
microsoft	windows_xp	all versions
microsoft	windows_xp	all versions
microsoft	windows_xp	all versions

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References

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893

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