CVE-2006-3351: Buffer Overflow

First published: Thu Jul 06 2006(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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