FKIE_CVE-2006-3873

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-09-12 23:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
secure@microsoft.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
secure@microsoft.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
secure@microsoft.comhttp://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.htmlPatch, URL Repurposed
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/30834
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
secure@microsoft.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.htmlPatch, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30834
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2003_server 64-bit
microsoft windows_2003_server itanium
microsoft windows_2003_server r2
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
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