CVE-2006-3873

Published Sep 12, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 29.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
microsoft
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM
Reserved
Jul 26, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 12, 2006, 11:07 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM