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CVE-2006-3357
Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a…
High7.5EPSS 35.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.3% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- 1016434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#159220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ie-hhctrl-bo(27573) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060808 TSRT-06-08: Microsoft Internet Help COM Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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