Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 DataSourceControl integer integer coercion
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality of the component DataSourceControl. The manipulation of the argument integer
with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
DataSourceControl in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 with Office installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large negative integer argument to the getDataMemberName method of a OWC11.DataSourceControl.11 object, which leads to an integer overflow and a null dereference.
The issue has been introduced in 03/01/2001. The weakness was released 07/19/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at browserfun.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3729. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1963 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27803).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Integer coercionCWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: browserfun.blogspot.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-3729 (🔍)
X-Force: 27803
Vulnerability Center: 40993 - DataSourceControl in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 Allows Remote Denial of Service, Medium
SecurityFocus: 19069
OSVDB: 27111 - Microsoft IE OWC11.DataSourceControl getDataMemberName Method Overflow
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 14:25Updated: 07/12/2021 19:56
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (46), 05/07/2019 12:41 (19), 07/12/2021 19:49 (2), 07/12/2021 19:56 (2)
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