CVE-2006-3873
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 29%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
JSON original (NVD)
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