CVE - CVE-2006-3873

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-3873	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:19987 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987 BUGTRAQ:20060912 [EEYEB-20080824] Internet Explorer Compressed Content URL Heap Overflow Vulnerability #2 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded MISC:~~http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html MS:MS06-042 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 OSVDB:30834 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/30834~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1016839 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839 SREASON:1555 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555 XF:ie-url-compression-bo(28893) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20060726	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060726)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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