CVE-2006-3873

CVE Database · CVE-2006-3873

CVE-2006-3873

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

28.57%

Published

Sep 12, 2006

Modified

Apr 15, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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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.

Affected Products (10)

microsoft · ievulnerable

microsoft · windows_2000vulnerable

microsoft · windows_2003_servervulnerable

microsoft · windows_xpvulnerable

References (18)

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839

http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html

PatchURL Repurposed

http://www.osvdb.org/30834

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html

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