CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3357

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can lead to a browser crash and potentially remote code execution in the user's context, posing a serious threat to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to a newer version of Internet Explorer or apply Microsoft security patches, and consider disabling the HTML Help ActiveX control if not required.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS