CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3869

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions of the MS06-042 patch before 20060824. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code by sending a long URL on a website that uses HTTP 1.1 compression.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability allows remote code execution or a browser crash, potentially leading to full system compromise. The risk is high because the attack only requires the user to visit a specially crafted website.

Recommendation

Immediately install the updated MS06-042 patch dated August 24, 2006 or later, which fixes this vulnerability. Consider upgrading Internet Explorer to a newer version as well.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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