CVE-2006-3944

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) Forms.ListBox.1 or (2) Forms.ListBox.1 object with the ListWidth property set to (a) 0x7fffffff, which triggers an integer overflow exception, or to (b) 0x7ffffffe, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_xp_sp2

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-24-formslistbox1-listwidth.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19113
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2954
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27931
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-24-formslistbox1-listwidth.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19113
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2954
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27931

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