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CVE-2006-3910

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 17.1%EU EUVD

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, when Outlook is installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling the NewDefaultItem function of an OVCtl (OVCtl.OVCtl.1) ActiveX object, which triggers a null dereference.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score
17.1% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2006-3904)
Published
July 28, 2006
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3904 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • microsoft / ie

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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