CVE-2006-3730
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Jul 19, 2006
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 19, 2006
Description
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 1016941vdb-entry
- TA06-283Athird-party-advisory
- TA06-270Athird-party-advisory
- MS06-057vendor-advisory
- SSRT061264vendor-advisory
- VU#753044third-party-advisory
- 20060927 Exploit module available for WebViewFolderIcon setSlice 0-daymailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:339vdb-entrysignature
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1742
- ie-webviewfoldericon-dos(27804)vdb-entry
- 20060929 Determina zero-day fix for CVE-2006-3730 (WebViewFolderIcon setSlice Integer Overflow)mailing-list
- 20060930 setSlice exploited in the wild - massivelymailing-list
- http://riosec.com/msie-setslice-vuln
- 27110vdb-entry
- 19030vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-2882vdb-entry
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.html
- 2440exploit
- 20060930 ZERT patch for setSlice()mailing-list
- 22159third-party-advisory
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