CVE-2006-3899

Public Exploit

Description

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 17.55% Top 10%

Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory ibmcloud.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19102	third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2916	vdb entry not applicable
http://www.osvdb.org/27230	vdb entry broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27884	third party advisory vdb entry
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-21-cenroll-stringtobinary.html	broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3899?: CVE-2006-3899 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3899?: To fix CVE-2006-3899, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3899 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3899 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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