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CVE-2006-3357

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2006-07-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References