What is the severity of CVE-2006-3899?

CVE-2006-3899 has been classified as a denial of service vulnerability.

Which versions of Internet Explorer are affected by CVE-2006-3899?

CVE-2006-3899 affects Internet Explorer 6.0, including its SP1 and SP2 versions.

What operating system is impacted by CVE-2006-3899?

CVE-2006-3899 impacts Microsoft Windows XP SP2 when using the affected versions of Internet Explorer.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2006-3899?

There is no specific workaround for CVE-2006-3899; updating the affected software is the recommended approach.

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CVE-2006-3899

medium

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

27/7/2006

7/8/2024

CVE-2006-3899

First published: Thu Jul 27 2006(Updated: )

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Internet Explorer	=6.0
Internet Explorer	=6.0-sp1
Internet Explorer	=6.0-sp2
Microsoft Windows XP	=sp2

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3899?
CVE-2006-3899 has been classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
How does CVE-2006-3899 exploit work?
CVE-2006-3899 exploits a flaw in the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object, leading to an application crash.
Which versions of Internet Explorer are affected by CVE-2006-3899?
CVE-2006-3899 affects Internet Explorer 6.0, including its SP1 and SP2 versions.
What operating system is impacted by CVE-2006-3899?
CVE-2006-3899 impacts Microsoft Windows XP SP2 when using the affected versions of Internet Explorer.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2006-3899?
There is no specific workaround for CVE-2006-3899; updating the affected software is the recommended approach.

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