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CVE-2006-3357 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/26835 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3357
NVD Published Date:
07/06/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE