CVE-2006-3637

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Published Aug 8, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 43.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 43.8% (43.757% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
http://www.osvdb.org/27853
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:39 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Aug 8, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:39 PM
Reserved: Jul 17, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 8, 2006, 11:04 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

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