CVE-2006-3657 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow exception) via a DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient ActiveX object with a long (1) StartColorStr or (2) EndColorStr property.

Published: 2006-07-17

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 30.9% Moderate

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

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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:6:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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 Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.30922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-17-dximagetransformmicrosoftgradi.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19029
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2832
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27762

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-17T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.990Z

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

Link: CVE-2006-3657

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-18T15:47:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3657

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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