Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3899
CVE-2006-3899
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =6.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19102nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27884nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-21-cenroll-stringtobinary.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.osvdb.org/27230nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2916nvdNot Applicable
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