CVE-2006-3357 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer's HTML Help ActiveX control, potentially executing arbitrary code or causing a crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3357?
CVE-2006-3357 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 6 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3357?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3357?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-3357 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3357 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9862-cg6x-84h4.