Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-3869 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Microsoft IE 6.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL 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 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21557
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1441
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016731
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923762/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/821156
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/923762.mspx
- http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0608.htm
- http://www.osvdb.org/28132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444046/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444241/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444319/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19667
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3356
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28522
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893