CVE-2006-3357

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.0

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

72.358

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB922616)	Windows
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922616)	Windows
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB922616) x86 based systems	Windows
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB922616) x86 based systems for SP1	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234