CVE-2006-3510 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 6 via a buffer over-read in the RDS.DataControl object, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- 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-2006-3510?
CVE-2006-3510 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 11 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
The Remote Data Service Object (RDS.DataControl) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of operations that result in an invalid length calculation when using SysAllocStringLen, then triggers a buffer over-read.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3510?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3510?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3510 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-2006-3510 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3510 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vfxm-g7m7-49v9.