{"cve":"CVE-2006-3873","nvd":{"published":"2006-09-12T23:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:27:59.750","status":"Modified","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions the MS06-042 patch before 20060912, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL in a GZIP-encoded website that was the target of an HTTP redirect, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3869.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555","http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839","http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html","http://www.osvdb.org/30834"],"products":["microsoft:ie","microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_2003_server","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3873","score":0.29444,"percentile":0.98181,"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."]}