CVE-2006-3730
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 63.6%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 63.6% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3724)
- Published
- July 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3724 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 25, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.html(Exploit)
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1742
- http://riosec.com/msie-setslice-vuln
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22159(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016941
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753044(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/27110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447174/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447383/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447426/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447490/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19030(Exploit)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-270A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2882(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-057
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27804
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A339
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2440
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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