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CVE-2006-3869

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2006-08-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Ie

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References