CVE-2006-3897

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0, 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2

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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