CVE-2006-3869 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 b
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3869 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-3869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 23 Aug 2006.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Ie. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3869/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3869?
CVE-2006-3869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 23 Aug 2006.
Official description
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 20060824, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL on a website that uses HTTP 1.1 compression.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3869?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3869?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-3869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvv3-wwf7-9f6m.