CVE-2006-3637

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 43.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

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."

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01-sp4

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

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