CVE-2006-2766

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 47.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0, 7.0-beta1, 7.0-beta2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20384
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016654
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891204
http://www.osvdb.org/25949
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435492/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435609/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435616/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18198
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2088
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-043
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26810

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