FKIE_CVE-2006-2766
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-06-02 10:18 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:25
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | 6.0 | |
| microsoft | ie | 6.0 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6.0 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0 |
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