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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.

Published

2006-07-06T20:05:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/26835 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13 ([email protected])
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/26835 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)