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    CVE-2006-3869

    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.

    Published:Aug 23, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 23, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.72358
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Ie

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/21557
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1441
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016731
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923762/
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/821156
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/923762.mspx
    http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0608.htm
    http://www.osvdb.org/28132
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444046/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444241/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444319/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19667
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3356
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28522
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21557
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1441
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016731
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923762/
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/821156
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/923762.mspx
    http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0608.htm
    http://www.osvdb.org/28132
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444046/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444241/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444319/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19667
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3356
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28522
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High