High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3730
CVE-2006-3730
Description
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6 (on Windows XP SP2)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
20- browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.htmlnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19030nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/22159nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2882nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753044nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-270A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- isc.sans.org/diary.phpnvd
- riosec.com/msie-setslice-vulnnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/27110nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447174/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447383/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447426/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447490/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threadednvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-057nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27804nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A339nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2440nvd
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