CVE-2006-3357

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3357
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-07-06 20:05:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 12:55:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft HTML Help Heap Overflow in HHCtrl ActiveX Control May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Microsoft Windows HTML Help HHCtrl ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Windows HTML Help ActiveX Control Memory Corruption - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Browser Fun: MoBB #2: Internet.HHCtrl Image Property MISC browserfun.blogspot.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#159220 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-046 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-220A -- Microsoft Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
26835 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Intrusion Prevention IPS | TippingPoint, a division of 3Com | Published Advisories MISC www.tippingpoint.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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