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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 43.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 43.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
43.06% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/ie
Source
secure@microsoft.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.