CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2006-3873

    CVE-2006-3873

    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.

    Published:Sep 12, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 12, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.4623
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Ie
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2000
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2003 Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Xp

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2012-4792 (CVSS 8.8) — Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arb…
    CVE-2012-1539 (CVSS 8.1) — Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod…
    CVE-2012-1545 (CVSS 5.8) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected …
    CVE-2002-2435 (CVSS 4.3) — The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and earlier does not proper…
    CVE-2010-5071 (CVSS 5) — The JavaScript implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and earlier does not properly restrict the se…
    CVE-2011-2382 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and earlier, and Internet Explorer 9 beta, does not properly restrict cross-zone…
    CVE-2011-2383 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which a…
    CVE-2010-1260 (CVSS 7.5) — The IE8 Developer Toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 SP1, SP2, and SP3 allows user-assisted remote attac…
    CVE-2010-2118 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 and 8.0.7600.16385 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…
    CVE-2010-1991 (CVSS 5) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, 7, and 8.0.7600.16385 executes a mail application in situations whe…

    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

    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