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CVE-2006-3438

9.3
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
50.73%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."

Published: 8/9/2006
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

9.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

50.73%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 50.73% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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