CVE-2006-3730

high

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-057

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2440

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A339

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27804

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2882

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-283A.html

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-270A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19030

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447490/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447426/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447383/100/100/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447174/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/27110

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753044

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016941

http://secunia.com/advisories/22159

http://riosec.com/msie-setslice-vuln

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1742

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.63817