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CVE-2006-3441

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 62.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the DNS Client service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted record response. NOTE: while MS06-041 implies that there is a single issue, there are multiple vectors, and likely multiple vulnerabilities, related to (1) a heap-based buffer overflow in a DNS server response to the client, (2) a DNS server response with malformed ATMA records, and (3) a length miscalculation in TXT, HINFO, X25, and ISDN records.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 64-bit, sp1
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21394
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016653
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794580
• http://www.osvdb.org/27844
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19404
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3211
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/233
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/234
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/235
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-041
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24586

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