CVE-2006-3897 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 6 by creating a specific ActiveX object with a long property, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- 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-2006-3897?
CVE-2006-3897 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 27 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
Stack overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by creating an NMSA.ASFSourceMediaDescription.1 ActiveX object with a long dispValue property.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3897?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3897?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3897 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-2006-3897 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3897 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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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-c8f6-g8fx-2vvx.