CVE-2006-3899
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
- Record
CVE-2006-3899- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
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CVE-2006-3899- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3893 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
- Record
EUVD-2006-3893- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmmc-r884-f54q No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the stringToBinary function of the CEnroll.CEnroll.2 ActiveX object with a long second argument, which triggers an invalid memory access inside the SysAllocStringLen function.
- Record
GHSA-cmmc-r884-f54q- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - String To Binary Function Denial of Service | 2006-07-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-3899 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published July 27, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.3%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
