CVE-2006-3351

high

Description

Buffer overflow in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .url file with an InternetShortcut tag containing a long URL and a large number of "file:" specifiers.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27567

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439660/100/200/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439153/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1186

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06933