CVE-2006-3897 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 23.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by creating an NMSA.ASFSourceMediaDescription.1 ActiveX object with a long dispValue property.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 23.34% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-07-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - NMSA.ASFSourceMediaDescription Stack Overflow | 2006-07-24 |
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-23-nmsaasfsourcemediadescription.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19114
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2953
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27930
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-23-nmsaasfsourcemediadescription.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19114
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2953
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27930
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