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CVE-2006-3438

N/A
Published: August 9, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHyperlink Object Library

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016659
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A115

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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