{"cve":"CVE-2006-3438","nvd":{"published":"2006-08-09T00:04:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:27:03.697","status":"Modified","description":"Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll \"uses a file containing a malformed function,\" aka \"Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://securitytracker.com/id?1016659","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050"],"products":["microsoft:hyperlink_object_library"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3438","score":0.11825,"percentile":0.96089,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}