01 Record
CVE-2006-3357
Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 35.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-07-06 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-07-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9505c47195fa70de321e4a3e13267b25fb5906372305e20cade95e2f210ec899
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1016434http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-046https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#159220http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2634http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-hhctrl-bo(27573)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
- www.securityfocus.com20060808 TSRT-06-08: Microsoft Internet Help COM Object Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:13https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
- www.osvdb.org26835http://www.osvdb.org/26835
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2635http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
- www.us-cert.govTA06-220Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- www.tippingpoint.comhttp://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
- secunia.com20906http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
- browserfun.blogspot.comhttp://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
- www.securityfocus.com18769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769