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CVE-2006-3357

N/A
Published: July 6, 2006 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 35%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (14)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/26835
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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