CVE-2006-3637 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-08-08

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 77.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.77254.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
http://www.osvdb.org/27853
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502

History

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Microsoft Ie Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2006-08-08T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.479Z

Reserved: 2006-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3637

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-08T23:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3637

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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