CVE-2006-3637 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 43.8% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 43.76% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-08-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | ie |
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Frameset Memory Corruption | 2006-06-05 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
- http://www.osvdb.org/27853
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
- http://www.osvdb.org/27853
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502
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