Vulnerability Details CVE-2006-3357
Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.724
EPSS Ranking 98.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
- http://www.osvdb.org/26835
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
- http://www.osvdb.org/26835
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
Products affected by CVE-2006-3357
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0