CVE-2006-3910 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, when Outlook is installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling the NewDefaultItem function of an OVCtl (OVCtl.OVCtl.1) ActiveX object, which triggers a null dereference.

Published: 2006-07-28

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 39.7% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 0.39664.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-20-ovctl-newdefaultitem.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27845

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:48:39.271Z

Reserved: 2006-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3910

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-28T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3910

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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