Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3869
CVE-2006-3869
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: before MS06-042 patch (before 20060824)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- support.microsoft.com/kb/923762/nvdPatch
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/821156nvdPatchUS Government Resource
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/923762.mspxnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/21557nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1441nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0608.htmnvd
- www.osvdb.org/28132nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444046/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444241/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444319/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19667nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3356nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28522nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893nvd
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