CVE-2006-3873

N/A Unknown
Published: September 12, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch URL Repurposed
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch URL Repurposed
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
46.2%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft