CVE-2006-3869
7.5
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
66.10%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other
Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions the MS06-042 patch before 20060824, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL on a website that uses HTTP 1.1 compression.
Published: 8/23/2006
Modified: 4/16/2026
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v2 Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
66.10%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
99th percentile
This vulnerability has a 66.10% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
NVD-CWE-Other