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CVE-2006-3873 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555 CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft ie
6.0 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows 2000
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows 2003 server
64-bit
itanium
r2
sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows xp
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3873
NVD Published Date:
Sep 12, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-3873 Details - Not Deferred