Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2006-2766
Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.
EPSS: 0.479 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6.0, 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-2766?
- CVE-2006-2766 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Ie. Published 2006-06-02.
- Is CVE-2006-2766 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.