CVE-2006-3438
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.8%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 11.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3434)
- Published
- August 9, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / hyperlink object library
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016659
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A115
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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