CVE-2006-3873
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 29.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3867)
- Published
- September 12, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3867 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
- http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html(Patch, URL Repurposed)
- http://www.osvdb.org/30834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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