CVE-2006-3899
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 24.27% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 July 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 24.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-21-cenroll-stringtobinary.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/27230Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19102Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2916Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27884Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-21-cenroll-stringtobinary.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/27230Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19102Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2916Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27884Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.